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Sport: Is hate speech ground for sanctions to sport clubs and applied/applicable in practice?

Code:
RED125
Key Area:
Public Life, Culture, Sport & Media
Strand(s):
Racism
16/11/2011 - 17:04
Short Answer

Yes.
Law against  violence, racism, xenophobia  and intolerance in sport.  (2007).

Qualitative Info

Hate speech and racist slogans are ground for sanctions against sports clubs according to major footbal and major sports' associations' regulations (e.g.UEFA, FIBA)

Groups affected/interested Migrants, Refugees, Roma & Travelers, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Asylum seekers, Persons with disability
Type (R/D) Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Anti-roma/zinghanophobia, Religious intolerance, Nationalism, Homophobia, On grounds of disability
Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas Sport
External Url http://www.csd.gob.es/csd/sociedad/5ViolDep/leycontraviolencia/
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