The International Football Federation, which proscribes political messages at the World Cup, refuses that the Danes train with an outfit defending “human rights for all”.
Le Monde
The jerseys promoting human rights will be prohibited during the World Cup in Qatar, which will be held from November 20 to December 18. The International Football Association Federation (FIFA) prohibited the Denmark team from training with outfits carrying the message “Human Rights for All” (“Human rights for all”), confirmed to the France- Press, Thursday, November 10, Jakob Hoyer, a spokesperson for the Danish Football Federation (DBU).
Long -time hostile to the organization of the World Cup in the emirate, the Danes want to at the forefront of the defense of migrant workers and LGBT + rights in the country organizing competition. “We have sent a request to FIFA, but the answer is negative. We regret it, but we have to take it into account,” DBU director Jakob Jensen told the Danish news agency Ritzau.
Any prohibited political message
The Danish Federation had previously announced that the training jerseys would display “critical messages”, two sponsors (in the spil and arbejdernes landsbank) having accepted that they replace their logo. FIFA, which prohibits all political messages, had urged the selections to “focus on football” last week and not to train it “in each ideological or political battle”.
The DBU disputes that it is a political message, but it will comply with the decision to avoid fines or sanctions, she said. “For me, this is a jersey with a very simple message on universal human rights,” argued Mr. Jensen. On the official jerseys of the Scandinavian country during the competition, the equipment manufacturer Hummel has also blurred its logos as a sign of “protest” against the Qatari authorities.