FIFA Prohibits Danish Men’s Soccer Team From Wearing Pro-Human Rights Shirts At Qatar World Cup
FIFA, the world football governing body has
issued a strong warning to the Danish soccer team banning them from wearing
shirts showing human rights messages at this month`s World Cup in Qatar.
The Danish Football
Federation (DBU) had arranged for the nation's team jerseys to have the
inscription “Human Rights for All”. But there is
another update as the CEO of DBU Jakob Jensen, revealed the ban in an interview
with the Danish Publication DR Sporten.
This is what
Jensen told Sporten: “Today, we received a message from FIFA that the training
shirt we had thought the players should train in, which says Human Rights For
All on the stomach, has been rejected for technical reasons, and we are sorry
about that.
“We are of the opinion that the message Human Rights for All is universal and
is not a political call, but it should be something that all people can
support.”
Hummel the
Manufacturer of the Danish football team had September revealed three kits: an
all-red, an all-white, and an all-black shirt which represents the “color of
mourning.” According to an Instagram post from the company, the looks in the
jerseys represent a protest to express that “We don’t wish to be visible during
a tournament that has cost thousands of people their lives.”
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Hummel`s claims were disputed by the FIFA Tournament organizers stating that they
have engaged in a “robust and transparent dialogue” with the DBU.
According to
FIFA, they abide by the International Football Association Board`s(IFBA) laws
of the game in which law 4.4 of the IFAB handbook stipulates that “Equipment
must not have any political, religious or personal slogans, statements or
images.”
The world cup
has faced controversies since it was awarded to Qatar over a decade ago. The
host country has been strongly criticized as a result of the treatment of
migrant workers and the human rights situation in the gulf state.
Sepp Blatter
the ex-FIFA president who was at the helm of affairs of FIFA when Qatar was
awarded the rights to the world cup told Swiss Newspaper Tages Anzeiger this
week that Qatar is a mistake,” adding that “the choice was bad.”
The world cup
this year will run from November 20 through December 18.
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