Danish football’s governing body, the Danish Football Association (DBU), said on Thursday that FIFA had turned down the country’s request to practise at the World Cup wearing jerseys that read “human rights for everyone.” Check out complete details about it below.
FIFA denies Denmark’s proposal to don jerseys that promote human rights
The DBU said in 2021 that its two training gear sponsors would allow for statements critical of Qatar while also reducing the amount of trips there to prevent commercial activities boosting the World Cup hosts’ festivities.
Numerous participating teams have expressed worry over Qatar’s handling of foreign employees and its onerous social policies in light of the country’s recent challenges. Worker exploitation allegations have been refuted by the nation.
Jakob Jensen, chief executive of DBU, told Ritzau news agency, “We have today received a communication from FIFA that the training jerseys our players were to train in—where it would read, “Human rights for all” at the stomach—have been rejected for technical reasons, which is sad.
FIFA opted against commenting. According to the rules, no team equipment may bear any slogans, sentiments, or pictures that are political, religious, or personally identifying.
“We think the message of ‘human rights for everyone’ is universal and not a political call, but something everyone can endorse,” added Jensen. In a letter to World Cup teams this month, FIFA urged them to concentrate on soccer in Qatar and avoid letting the game become involved in ideological or political debates.
The World Cup jerseys for Denmark were given a more muted look by the uniform maker Hummel in September, and a black jersey was also made available as a statement against Qatar’s human rights record. On November 22, Denmark faces Tunisia in Group D for their opening World Cup match.
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