"Aziz Ansari and other comedians have generously offered to donate part of their performance fees to rights groups like Human Rights Watch, but while we cannot accept, it is not too late for them to call for the release of detained Saudi activists," said Joey Shea, who researches Saudi Arabia for Human Rights Watch.
Human Rights Watch won't take donations from comedians who performed at Saudi Arabia festival
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The scale of construction required for the World Cup and potential for labor abuses “is really, really chilling,” Shea said in a live link from London.
FIFA encouraged to put more human rights scrutiny into 2034 World Cup deal with Saudi Arabia
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