Human Rights – Football Supporters Europe

November 16, 2021

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHES NEW REPORT ON MIGRANT WORKER’S RIGHTS IN QATAR

Ahead of next year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar, human rights organisation Amnesty International has published a report on the state of migrant worker’s rights in the country.

June 4, 2021

SRA CALLS FOR BELARUS TO DROP CHARGES AGAINST SPORTS GROUP FOUNDERS

(Nyon, Switzerland, 8 June, 2021) — The Belarusian authorities should immediately drop all criminal charges against Aliaksandra Herasimenia and Aliaksandr Apeikin, chair and executive director of the Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation (BSSF), the Sport & Rights Alliance said today.

April 29, 2021

FSA: NEW UK POLICING BILL COULD BE USED AGAINST FANS

A controversial new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is currently making its way through the UK Parliament.

January 10, 2021

THE SPORT AND RIGHTS ALLIANCE & FOOTBALL FANS

By Gigi Alford

The Sport and Rights Alliance (SRA) was formed in 2015 by NGOs and trade unions committed to working together to embed human rights and anti-corruption across world sport.

October 29, 2020

INTERVIEW: INGO PETZ ON FOOTBALL & THE BELARUS PROTESTS

In light of the ongoing wave of anti-regime protests in Belarus, Football Supporters Europe (FSE) recently spoke to Ingo Petz. Ingo is an FSE staff member, freelance journalist, founder of Fankurve Ost, and an expert on Belarusian politics and civil society.

We discussed the origins of the protests, their relationship to football, and the involvement of fans.

June 15, 2020

INTERVIEW: UKRAINIAN JOURNALIST & FAN ACTIVIST YURI KONKEVYCH

Ukranian football resumed behind closed doors late last month. To better understand the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the domestic game and its fans, FSE spoke to Yuri Konkevych (right), a journalist, supporter of second-tier club Volyn Lutsk, and founder of Fanproject Volyn.