![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/david-beckhams-qatar-comments-dont-stack-up/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/0_GettyImages-1608711674.jpg&description=David Beckham has moved to defend his decision to act as an ambassador for Qatar, a country where LGBT+ people face persecution, but his arguments just lead to more questions David Beckham's attempted defence of his contract with Qatar needs to be called out for what it is - nonsense. Beckham has a 10-year deal to represent the Middle East state, for which he receives a massive £125million fee. The England captain's role is to promote the country, starring as the face of adverts to attract tourists to visit. That's despite Qatar's appalling human rights record, with LGBT+ people living in fear of persecution and beatings by police. Last year, Mirror Football reported on the terrifying existence people from the community are forced to lead in Qatar. Still, at least Beckham has done a "lot of research" into the country and satisfied himself that LGBT+ people are perfectly safe to live there. Thanks for looking into it for us, because for a minute I was worried that the human rights charities, people who have escaped the country and even Qatar's own laws made it clear that the state is a place for LGBT+ people to avoid. Beckham's "research" came as the England icon defended himself for choosing to sign up to receive a bucketload of Qatari cash. He even insisted that there was no evidence that people from the community were in danger. "I do a lot of research into partners that I'm going into business with. And I wanted to be involved in another World Cup. I like to see the game grow, and that means it going into territories it hasn't been in before," he told the Daily Telegraph. "I knew there'd be questions, I knew there was going to be criticism, but I've always been a believer that football is such a powerful tool. I knew that once the World Cup started, not that it would go away, but it was all then about how people were treated, how people weren't excluded, what an experience the World Cup would be. "I spent a month out there, and not one person came up to me and sa){kind=link}
David Beckham has moved to defend his decision to act as an ambassador for Qatar, a country where LGBT+ people face persecution, but his arguments just lead to more questions
David Beckham’s attempted defence of his contract with Qatar needs to be called out for what it is – nonsense.
Beckham has a 10-year deal to represent the Middle East state, for which he receives a massive £125million fee. The England captain’s role is to promote the country, starring as the face of adverts to attract tourists to visit.
That’s despite Qatar’s appalling human rights record, with LGBT+ people living in fear of persecution and beatings by police. Last year, Mirror Football reported on the terrifying existence people from the community are forced to lead in Qatar.
Still, at least Beckham has done a “lot of research” into the country and satisfied himself that LGBT+ people are perfectly safe to live there. Thanks for looking into it for us, because for a minute I was worried that the human rights charities, people who have escaped the country and even Qatar’s own laws made it clear that the state is a place for LGBT+ people to avoid.