Gianni Infantino, president of FIFAshowed on social networks his satisfaction with the sentence announced this Monday against three fans who expressed insults against Vinicius in Mestalla. “I am pleased to see the firm action and sentence adopted by the Spanish authorities regarding the racist abuse against Vinicius in the Spanish League match in May 2023,” said the top international football leader.
Infantino also recalled football’s message against racism around the world. “As I clearly reiterated recently FIFA Congress in Bangkok, we can no longer accept what is happening in the stadiums and on the playing field. Our message to people anywhere in the world who still behave in a racist way when it comes to football is clear: we don’t want you here. These people should be excluded, they are not part of our football or football community.
The head of world football concluded by reiterating the importance of the court’s decision known this Monday because “This sentence describes one of the five pillars of FIFA’s action: criminal charges. We, united as world football, will advocate that racism be recognized as a criminal offense in all countries and, as seen in Spain, when a crime occurs, “We will insist on treating this with the seriousness it deserves,” stand up
For its part, the organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) Monday celebrated the eight-month jail term of three Valencia fans in a court in that city for uttering racist insults against Vinicius, urging Spanish authorities to step up strategies to combat systemic racism.
“Racism has no place in sport,” directed the organization to X, where it published a video in which the athlete, with tears in his eyes, highlights that Spain “is not a racist country” but “there is a lot of racism” in the country.
In its message, the entity urges the Spanish Executive to promote a strategy that protects racial and ethnic minorities from discrimination, racist violence and inequality. “The prosecution of racist hate speech “This should not be the end of a government’s response to systemic racism,” he stressed.
Source: La Verdad
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