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Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Must Demonstrate a Commitment to Universal Human Rights by Banning the United States and Israel from Hosting or Participating in International Sporting Events

The United States has become dangerous for members of the global community, and specifically for non-white/non-European people. The world is witnessing massive violations of human rights and the Constitution of the United States as masked agents using unmarked vehicles raid work places, homes, and places of public assembly to incarcerate and disappear Black, Brown, and Indigenous people and, in too many cases, denying them legal representation and basic information as to their whereabouts and wellbeing to their families and attorneys.

Under the current U.S administration, anyone suspected of residing in and/or visiting the United States with or without “proper” documentation, including U.S. citizens, is harassed, questioned about their political beliefs, and even detained without due process. This repressive environment has created a sense of insecurity and anxiety for travelers to the U.S., including students, and even some diplomats of “foreign nations.” Even individuals while in transit to other countries have been subjected to harassment and intimidation.

But this is just part of the story.

The State of Israel, with direct assistance from the United States, is committing gross and profound violations of human rights and international law through military adventures, and carrying out an ongoing genocide in addition to other war crimes, including, but not limited to, collective punishment and starvation. This is on top of Israel’s eight-decade pogrom of apartheid against the Palestinian people, as well as a perpetual disregard for the sovereignty and self-determination of the Lebanese, Yemeni, Syrian, and Iranian people and their respective governments and bodies of leadership. The global community, every day, witnesses Israel’s wanton slaughter of people and pillage of lives with the full endorsement of the United States, which continues to fund, arm, and promote Israel’s tactics of terror and barbarity.

Both FIFA and the IOC have previously denied the hosting of, and participation in, international events for nations and governments that have acted in ways they deem antithetical to their stated core values of human rights, anti-discrimination, and global sustainability. For instance, both the IOC and FIFA banned Germany and Japan from international competition following the second world war. Additionally, the IOC banned the Republic of South Africa from participating in the Olympic Games from 1964 to 1992 due to the nation’s racist system of apartheid, and FIFA banned the nation from participating in its matches between 1961 and 1992 for the same reason. And, more recently, the IOC has instituted a standing ban on the Russian Federation from participating in its summer and winter games due to what is deemed an illegal invasion and occupation of Ukraine.

This raises the question as to why FIFA and IOC are affording the United States and the State of Israel with preferential treatment over other nations that have been and are currently sanctioned and banned from competition and the hosting of international sporting events for violations of the core values of both bodies.

Therefore, we, the undersigned, as members of the global community and people/institutions of conscience demand that FIFA and IOC withdraw the United States and the State of Israel from hosting or participating in international competition events until such time that both nations demonstrate a willingness to adhere to each agency’s core values and further operate in ways that adhere to international law and human rights.

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As of 12/8/21

Friends, comrades and allies,

Two Afro-Colombian leaders of the Black Communities Process (PCN) a sister organization with BAP with a representative on our international advisory board and member of BAP's Haiti/Americas team committee, have been disappeared since November 28 and the communities are demanding their return.

Please circulate the information below from WOLA to your networks and support.

Take action on the disappearance of two prominent Afro-Colombian leaders in the Yurumanguí River area (rural Buenaventura municipality, Valle del Cauca Department). Abencio Caicedo Caicedo forms part of the Board of the Community Council of the Yurumanguí River. Édinson Valencia García, coordinator for control and vigilance for the territorial ethnic organization Aponury. Both of these organizations form part of the Black Communities Process (PCN) and the Afro-Colombian Peace Council (CONPA). CONPA in turn forms part of the Ethnic Commission for Peace and Defense of Territorial Rights.

You can help raise awareness of this situation by tweeting about it using the hashtags #EnYurumanguíNosFaltanDos #LosQueremosVivos

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