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Sport & Rights Alliance (SRA)
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Sport & Rights Alliance (SRA)
@Sport_Rights
We harness the power of our partners to hold global sport accountable and advance human rights on & off the field. Join the movement ⤵️
Joined January 2021
- 🚨 The IOC should prohibit 🇳🇱Dutch volleyball player Steven van de Velde, a convicted child sex offender, from participating at #Paris2024. Statement by the Sport & Rights Alliance Athletes Network for Safer Sports, @survivorsarmy, & @kyniskaadvocacy ⤵️ sportandrightsalliance.org/olympics-sex-o…
- 🚨 The online abuse and hateful rhetoric directed at Olympic boxers #ImaneKhelif and #LinYuTing is unconscionable, unfounded and must stop. Read the full #SRA statement ➡️ sportandrightsalliance.org/boxing-online-… #boxing #Olympics #Paris2024
- 🚨🚨🚨 #FIFA & the Spanish Federation should take immediate action to address the abuse & harassment of athletes on full display at the #WorldCupFinal – including the concerns raised by the 15 Spanish players last year. Athletes must be protected & respected, on & off the field.
- 🚨The #IOC is about to host the @Olympics in a country where a star athlete has just gone missing after speaking out about sexual abuse. This is unacceptable. It's time for @iocmedia to step up & protect athletes from oppressive governments. #PengShuai
- 🚨🚨🚨 Survivors of abuse in #Mali basketball have still not received justice, remedy or restored opportunities to play. #WNBA stars @breannastewart @nnekaogwumike & @E_Williams_1 have a message to @FIBA & @Olympics. #PutAthletesFirst 👉 sportandrightsalliance.org/wnba-stars-con… @TheWNBPA
00:00 - 🚨In 2021, a teen basketball player in #Mali blew the whistle on a coach's pattern of sexual abuse & got kicked off the national team. After 2 years, @FIBA has still yet to bring justice for her & other survivors—or ban all abusers involved. 👉dw.com/en/sexual-abus… @Journo_K
- #NouhailaBenzina was the first-ever hijab-wearing player to grace the pitch at the #FIFAWWC for Morocco's 🇲🇦 debut. Yet many other women athletes still face hijab bans in sport, which violate their right to play. Keep reading to learn more 🧵⬇️
- #WorldCupQatar2022: journalists + fans have been refrained from entering stadiums with 🏳️🌈 hats, shirts, flags & #FIFA banned footballers' shirts and armbands alluding to the #LGBTQ community (and even just the word "love"). Solidarity gestures should be protected, not censored.
- "But it is not just about a kiss. "It is about women and girls feeling safe to play a sport they love... "It is about the other survivors, like those in Haiti, Afghanistan & Zambia, who got very little attention from football media..." cbc.ca/sports/soccer/… @_shireenahmed_
- The @iocmedia backpedals on #WhereIsPengShuai, saying "We can’t give assurances & we don’t know the full facts." That has been clear from the start. It's time for the @Olympics to stop enabling #China's cover-up & start behaving responsibly.
- 📣 Incredible news: A large group of #AfghanWomen athletes have evacuated the country & will take refuge in #Australia. “Women's football is a family & we must make sure everyone is safe." @khalida_popal Full statement from @FIFPRO 👉 fifpro.org/en/rights/grou…
- "We’re slowly discovering the murky side of elite sport – thanks to women speaking out" Important article by @guardian featuring @WorldPlayersUtd + @lborouniversity CARE Report. ➡️ bit.ly/3BXhtQN #AthletesAgainstAbuse #WeCare
