Spain - 2012
Sport: Racism, racist violence and hate speech in sporting venues (and reporting and policing thereof)?
- Code:
- RED124
- Key Area:
- Public Life, Culture, Sport & Media
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
Yes. |
| Qualitative Info |
Example: In October 2008 in the match of the Champions League played in Madrid between the Atlético de Madrid and the Olimpique de Marsella. After some confrontations in the tier and a baton charge, the French club reported that the Atletic fans were intoning racist songs. The Control and Discipline Commission of the UEFA penalized the Spanish club with the closing of its playing field for two matches and a 150,000 euros penalty, for "the disproportionate behaviour” of the police and "the racist and antidemocratic songs and symbols” in the tier. Source: Preventing racism, xenophobia and related intolerance in sport 2009. |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Roma & Travelers, Ethnic minorities |
| Type (R/D) | Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Nationalism |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Sport |
| External Url | http://www.csd.gob.es/csd/sociedad/5ViolDep/leycontraviolencia/ |
| Situation(s) |
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