FIFA announced the opening of a disciplinary process against Ecuador for alleged Homophobic chants from his supporters at the opening match of the FIFA World Cup, Sunday, against Qatar. The chants would be directed at the Chilean team, whose federation filed a protest against its Ecuadorian counterpart, alleging the irregular use of a player -Byron Castillo- during the World Cup qualifying phase.
“The FIFA Disciplinary Committee opened a process against the Ecuadorian Football Federation for the chants of the Ecuadorian fans during the Qatar-Ecuador World Cup match, played on November 20,” the FIFA statement read. quoted by Reuters. In it, according to the news agency, there is talk of article 13 of the disciplinary code of the body that supervises world football and sanctions “offenses against the dignity or integrity of a country, a person or a group, with derogatory, discriminatory or insulting words”????????
If FIFA determines a punishment, Ecuador risks playing behind closed doors or banning a specific stadium for a certain number of matches.
Germans cover their mouths in protest against FIFA during the team photo. “Human rights are not negotiable”
The decision of the body that oversees world football takes on greater prominence when it seems to go against FIFA’s most recent decisions on the fight for the rights of the LGBTQIA + community in Qatar, a country where homosexuality is a crime. fifa banned the captains of some teams from wearing a rainbow armband with the inscription “One Love” (One love, in Portuguese), prompting a protest from Germany ahead of Wednesday’s game.
“With our captain’s armband we wanted to show the values we live by in the national team: diversity and mutual respect. This is not a political message: human rights are not negotiable. To deny us the bracelet is to shut up“Wrote the DFB (German federation) on their social media to explain the moment the players covered their mouths while taking their team photo.
Source: Observadora
