Amnesty International. Sport, human rights, workers rights, inequality. NUFC.
Steve Cockburn
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I know Calvin’s dad is already having a moment, but every terrible “outsource precious and fleeting moments with your children to tech so that you can spend more time on your work” pitch makes me think of that one strip I never really cared about as a kid, but care a lot about as an adult.
Omar Abdulkadir Artan, a Somali soccer referee who was denied permission to enter the U.S. to participate in the World Cup, received a hero’s welcome from a cheering crowd at the airport upon his return to his home country. nyti.ms/4ohh6ZU
"This is probably the one that has disenfranchised LGBT+ fans like no other... We knew Russia was going to be difficult. We knew Qatar was going to be almost impossible. But this one had so much optimism."
A member of 3 Lions Pride on not attending this World Cup.
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For Saikou and his friends, the 2022 World Cup is not over. The Fifa circus has noved elsewhere, but the struggle and the suffering go on for them. Forgetting them is betraying them.
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The UN human rights agency in Geneva is seeing the “racial profiling, surveillance and immigration enforcement” around the World Cup and has concerns. Also 2 Olympics and a Women's World Cup coming to the US by 2034. apnews.com/article/worl...
UEFA stealing a march on FIFA.
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"Sometimes it is good to just chill and relax" - Infantino talking about criticism of Omar Artan's visa denial - might end up being the quote of this press conference.
He's right that FIFA doesn't control everything. But it has failed to stand up for rights and inclusion, time and again.
