Euro 2024 study: Human rights concern in Turkey, not Germany
(WorldNews Germany)

A week before the 2024 European Championship hosting vote, UEFA expressed concern on Friday about Turkey`s human rights record and logistics, while raising no significant issues with Germany`s proposals in an evaluation of the two bids. Turkey has taken an increasingly repressive direction under Recep Tayyip Erdogan`s presidency and European football`s governing body is troubled by the lack of proposals `to ensure the protection of human rights` at the 24-nation flagship tournament. A crackdown after a failed military coup in 2016 led to mass arrests and purges. Although the two-year-old...