Excellent programme on File on Four about sportswashing with several Fair Game friends involved

Adrian Goldberg FairSquare

Give it a listen 👇👇

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

'I think it's a huge problem when a cash-strapped local council has very strong links to a capital rich, very wealthy foreign state, particularly when that foreign state is deeply autocratic and anti-democratic.'

Nicholas McGeehan of FairSquare
bbc.com/news/articles/…

Please join us if you are in London

Rally with us for Manuel Guerrero!

Join us on Thursday at the Foreign Office in Whitehall to show your support for Manuel Guerrero, the British citizen living with HIV arrested in #Qatar .

His verdict is due in early June, Manuel needs your support now!

#Qatar MustFreeManuel

Manchester City are dominating English football, with a trophy cabinet full of silverware. The club’s success has been bankrolled by money from Abu Dhabi. Now Newcastle United have followed in their wake, with backing from a Saudi consortium.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

New football regulator is well and good, but not if it can't stop the government potentially waving state ownership through – calls here for worrying clause in bill re 'foreign & trade policy objectives' to be shut off. theguardian.com/football/artic…

Time for the UK to show state-sponsored #sportswashing the red card 🟥

The new football governance bill risks leaving a back door open to rights abusers, if decisive action isn’t taken to repeal or amend Section 37(2) of the bill.

My take for Human Rights Watch (1/4)

hrw.org/news/2024/05/1…

UK Football Regulator Should Not Give Abusers Blank Check, says Human Rights Watch, citing FairSquare & Fair Game objections to provisions that would require the regulator to consider British “foreign and trade policy objectives” when assessing prospective club owners hrw.org/news/2024/05/1…

'It's the worst thing I've seen in my lifetime.'

British broadcaster & football legend @garylineker talks Gaza with me on #MehdiUnfiltered and reveals: 'I cry on a regular basis when I see certain images on social media.'

Full show: zeteo.com/p/it-haunts-an…

UK cultural institutions accused of 'arts washing' over Saudi trade mission middleeasteye.net/news/uk-cultur… featuring comments from FairSquare’s James Lynch

Read this @bbc article addressing violations committed by #SaudiArabia 's authorities in connection to #Neom , featuring ALQST’s documentation.

We urge businesses involved to follow Solar Water’s example and reassess their human rights responsibilities.

bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

Every day this report is delayed and FIFA fails to act means yet another day that migrant workers who built the 2022 World Cup are left to suffer. It's long past time to #PayUpFIFA
amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

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Today we've been putting the Owners and Directors Test under the spotlight.

Listen to our latest podcast on the issue with FootballActuary FairSquare Nicholas McGeehan and our CEO Niall Couper
Hosted by Graham Miller

fairgameuk.org/podcasts/owners

Amnesty urges Fifa to publish report on Qatar migrant worker compensation theguardian.com/football/artic…

Proud to have worked with great people on this position paper for Fair Game and putting forward proposals to strengthen the new Owners & Directors Test in the Football Governance Bill - particularly prohibiting nation state ownership of football clubs
#fairgame #football

💰 Fair Game has assessed the detail around the Owners' and Directors' Test in the Football Governance Bill and has made the following recommendations.

📝 Read more: fairgameuk.org/s/Fair-Game-Po…

#IFR

Neom: Forces 'told to kill’ to clear land for eco-city bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

Players can't wear compression tights anymore because the FFF is so afraid of 'Aloha Snack Bar' and 'Shakira Law'.

Yesterday, #FreeAlaa was glowing over Westminster
I truly hope David Cameron and Rishi Sunak got to see it and will do something tangible to get Alaa back with his son and family!

The years are painful, the lax attitude of the GOV.UK is very hurtful!

Thank you Amnesty UK

Exclusive: The UK government has repeatedly protected Israeli politicians, spies and soldiers from being arrested for war crimes when they visit Britain, new data reveals.

My latest with Phil Miller in Declassified UK:
declassifieduk.org/how-britain-sh…