Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, has asked FIFA to provide all of its records on its contacts with Trump, his administration and the Trump Organization by August 9, 2026. Big story from @adamcrafton.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...
Профиль
FairSquare
Human rights research and advocacy in our specialist areas of labour migration, political repression and sport | fairsq.org | linktr.ee/fairsq | rebootfifa.com
🚨Did you know that the UAE has invested billions of pounds into both the city of Manchester & @mancity.com? A prime example of sportswashing / citywashing. Questions for the candidates for mayor of Manchester, via @hrw.org & @fairsq.bsky.social⤵️ www.hrw.org/news/2026/07... #HumanRights
The Times corrects its splash story headlined "Migrant care workers bring dozens of family members." The Times got this totally wrong. It then used its own error as the basis for an editorial calling explicitly for forced expulsions of people living here legally. www.thetimes.com/comment/regi...
IOC har gennemgået klagen over Infantino fra NGO’en FairSquare og IOC vil ikke undersøge Infantino for brud på principperne for politisk neutralitet. IOC mener ikke, det falder inden for deres jurisdiktion. Som FIFA-præsident er Infantino automatisk medlem af IOC.
FairSquare and @hrw.org have today written to candidates in the upcoming Manchester mayoral calling on them to publicly commit to engaging with the government of the UAE on its human rights record and support for the abusive Rapid Support Forces in Sudan. fairsq.org/fairsquare-a...
Today @hrw.org & @fairsq.bsky.social call on Manchester's mayoral candidates to condemn the UAE's abuses esp the UAE support of RSF in Sudan. Manchester City Council has a close financial relationship with senior figures in the UAE govt in particular Sheikh Mansour. www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...
Popok is joined by FairSquare co-founder Nick McGeehan to discuss the group's ethics complaint accusing FIFA president Gianni Infantino of letting Trump use FIFA for political gain, including allegedly allowing him to overturn a red card issued to a U.S. player.
FIFA made $9,000,000,000.00 from World Cup 2026, with this year's tournament the most heavily commercialised and politically biased ever. More via @cnbc.com - www.cnbc.com/2026/07/20/w...
Trump (it appears) was given access to #FiFA fan data for his own political purpose. #FIFA & #OlympicCommittee must answer these questions by @fairsq.bsky.social Nick McGeehan spells out the power of football socially & economically & why integrity matters www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcad...
My first post-World Cup report: the discussion centers on broken rules and political arrogance, in true Trump style. With contributions from @fairsq.bsky.social and from a @sportrightsall.bsky.social briefing. kritica.it/societa/spor...
FIFA has been accused of providing an “open door to fraud” and allowing political influence to cast doubt on the integrity of the World Cup in a stinging rebuke by the Council of Europe’s secretary general. More via @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
The UK Liberal Democrats party have called for the English FA and Uefa to withdraw from Fifa, accusing football's global governing body of "destroying the integrity of the beautiful game". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Aramco is a supervillain": I wrote about the Saudi Aramco ads plastering the World Cup, and how they're part of Mohammed bin Salman's master plan to make you love Saudi Arabia and stay hooked on its oil — with help from FIFA and Trump: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/world-cup-...