German soccer federation president Bernd Neuendorf has criticized FIFA for its attempts to restrict national teams바카라 political activities when it comes to human rights. (More Football News)
The FIFA World Cup 2022 held in Qatar has come under heavy criticism for Middle East's poor human rights record.
German soccer federation president Bernd Neuendorf has criticized FIFA for its attempts to restrict national teams바카라 political activities when it comes to human rights. (More Football News)
Speaking at Germany바카라s first news conference in Qatar ahead of the World Cup, Neuendorf said on Friday he was particularly annoyed by FIFA president Gianni Infantino바카라s letter two weeks ago urging teams to 바카라focus on the football바카라 and leave political issues aside.
바카라That the topic of human rights should now no longer play a role, that we are now concentrating here on football only, that irritated us to a certain extent and disturbed us,바카라 Neuendorf said.
He added the federation had to send a signal to show it will not be silenced. Neuendorf also referred to FIFA바카라s decision to ban the Denmark team from bearing the slogan 바카라Human Rights For All바카라 on training jerseys.
바카라That was declared as a political statement and therefore prohibited,바카라 Neuendorf said. 바카라We바카라re not talking about a political decision that can be made one way or the other with a slogan like 바카라Human Rights For All.바카라 It바카라s about human rights. And human rights are universal and binding all over the world.바카라
Neuendorf said Germany was cooperating with other European federations who want their captains to wear an armband with a rainbow heart design during World Cup games to protest against discrimination.
바카라It바카라s not a political statement, because it바카라s a statement for human rights,바카라 said Neuendorf, who added if it was banned, 바카라I would be quite prepared to accept a fine as well.바카라