Yet another reason not to hold the World Cup in Qatar: The government is arresting BBC reporters

Yet another reason not to hold the World Cup in Qatar: The government is arresting BBC reporters
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The 2022 World Cup in Qatar is already a travesty. The government has been severely criticized for using virtual slave labor to build the new infrastructure required for the tournament, which for the first time in history will be played in November and December, thanks to Qatar reneging on a promise to build air-conditioned facilities that could withstand the blistering summers in the Persian Gulf.

Now the regime has arrested a crew of BBC reporters for investigating the living conditions of Nepali laborers:

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Ryu Spaeth

Ryu Spaeth is deputy editor at TheWeek.com. Follow him on Twitter.