Dua Lipa Addresses 'Speculation' She's Performing At Controversial Event

Dua Lipa is able to set the report straight.

The “Levitating” singer used her Instagram tales over the weekend to close down reviews that she’s performing on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

“I can't be performing and nor have I ever been concerned in any negotiation to carry out,” the entertainer wrote on Sunday. “I shall be cheering England on from afar and I sit up for visiting Qatar when it has fulfilled all of the human rights pledges it made when it received the suitable to host the World Cup.”

The sporting occasion, which kicks off Nov. 20, is mired in controversy as a consequence of Qatar’s quite a few human rights abuse allegations.

The nation at present criminalizes members of the LGBTQ neighborhood, strips its feminine residents of primary rights, and exploits its majority-migrant workforce, amongst different issues.

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In a letter obtained by Sky Information earlier this month, FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Secretary Normal Fatma Samoura ignored the mounting backlash and as an alternative directed nations competing on the occasion to “concentrate on the soccer.”

“We all know soccer doesn't dwell in a vacuum and we're equally conscious that there are numerous challenges and difficulties of a political nature all all over the world,” the 2 mentioned. “However please don't permit soccer to be dragged into each ideological or political battle that exists.”

Some groups taking part within the World Cup have denounced Qatar’s abuses.

The Australian soccer crew spoke out in a video launched final month, with the gamers expressing help for the 1000's of employees who've died whereas engaged on buildings for the World Cup.

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