O English Championship announced on Thursday that it will tighten its approval processes for new club owners in the league, excluding those found guilty of human rights abuses.
The new rules, approved by the teams in the tournament, also provide that those who are condemned by the British government will be automatically disqualified.
Among the crimes that constitute disqualification are: violence, corruption, fraud, tax fraud or hate crimes (xenophobia, anti-Semitism or homophobia).
Some humanitarian organizations, such as Amnesty International (AI), had already criticized the Premier League for the lack of rigor in the process of buying Newcastle by the Saudi fund PIF, as it is from a country where attacks on fundamental rights are often denounced.
“Whether human rights or hate crimes are taken into account is a step in the right direction, but it won’t make much difference until they definitively ban a powerful individual suspected of committing human rights violations abroad from taking over a club in the Premier League,” denounced Peter Frankental, head of AI in the UK.
“Will this rule automatically block sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia or Qatar? It is not clear. Clubs risk being toys for the ‘sports wash’ of authoritarian figures in the world until the Premier League adopts good practices,” he added. the leader.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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