Professional Footballers Australia says Fifa has consistently been unwilling to uphold its stated human rights commitments
, which have called the move a “textbook case of sportswashing”, and in a statement the New Zealand sport minister, Grant Robertson, said football bodies that are part of Fifa, including NZ Football, have written to Fifa to express their concern.
The Professional Footballers Australia co-chief executive Kathryn Gill also condemned the move, saying players were the “public face” of Fifa’s major tournaments, but their voice had been excluded from a decision-making process that would benefit from their involvement.“Fifa is obliged to respect all internationally recognised human rights and to exert its considerable leverage when they are not being respected or protected.
Organisers of the A-League’s Pride Cup, which is due to be held on 16 February between Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United, said in a statement the decision disregarded the “human rights of players, fans and officials”.
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