Sportswashing: From the Beijing Genocide Games to Qatar’s FIFA World Cup Migrant Workers’ Crisis

Thanks to the Winter Olympics in Beijing, and Qatar’s hosting of the FIFA World Cup, 2022 was dubbed “sportswashing’s biggest year.” This episode, recorded at the 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum, shares powerful, behind-the-scenes stories and tips on raising awareness of how authoritarian regimes weaponize global games to whitewash their abuses. Karim Zidan: Author and journalist Malcolm Bidali: Labor rights activist and blogger Chemi Lhamo: Tibetan activist and community organizer Lise Klaveness: President of the Norwegian Football Federation, lawyer, and human rights advocate