The case of racist insults to Vinícius Jr. it is already a matter for the state. The Brazilian government has issued a statement in which it “rejects in the strongest terms the racist attacks” that the Real Madrid player “has repeatedly suffered in Spain”, and admits to taking action at the highest level.
President Lula da Silva herself had already commented on the matter on Sunday, on the sidelines of the G7 summit, and just yesterday the Minister of Justice and Public Security, Flávio Dino, admitted that he has initiated an exceptional legal measure – “extraterritoriality”, revised in the Penal Code – in case of an omission by the Spanish authorities.
In a joint communiqué from the ministries of Foreign Affairs, Racial Equality, Justice and Public Security, Sports and Human Rights, Brazil urges the Spanish government and sports authorities to take the necessary measures to punish the perpetrators and prevent the repetition of these acts. and calls on FIFA, the Royal Football Federation of Spain (RFEF,) and the La Liga apply appropriate measures”.
And “taking into account the seriousness of the facts and the occurrence of yet another unacceptable episode” and because until yesterday “no effective measures had been taken to prevent and prevent the recurrence of these acts of racism”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should summon the Spanish ambassador to Brazil, María del Mar Fernández Palacios, to explain. She who on Twitter “vehemently condemned the racist demonstrations and attitudes” on Sunday, making sure they did not reflect the anti-racist views of the majority of Spaniards.
It was the tenth time that the merengue attacker complained about racist insults. In Sunday’s game, in the Mestalla, the images from the television broadcast show thousands of fans present in the Mestalla calling Vinícius Jr “mono” (monkey). before Valencia-Real Madrid kicks off… despite some fans claiming he’s been called “stupid”. What was initially treated as an isolated case became a matter of state.
Despite being 22 years old and accused of being “provocative”, the player identified some supporters there, from the pitch. Real Madrid lost (1-0) and he was sent off for hitting an opponent La Liga for encouraging, by omission, racist attitudes.
“Every game away from home was an unpleasant surprise. And there were many this season. Death wishes, a hung doll, many criminal screams… All recorded. But the discourse always falls into “isolated cases”, “a fan”. , they are not isolated cases. They are continuous episodes spread over different cities in Spain (and even in a television program),” the Brazil international wrote questioningly: “What is missing to criminalize these people? And punish the clubs sportingly? Why don’t the sponsors accuse LaLiga? Don’t the televisions bother to broadcast this barbarism every weekend?”
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Javier Tebas hit back, accusing the player of missing hearings to discuss the incidents and assuring that “there is no racism in Spanish football”. Statements that were fuel for a fire that had been burning for a while and all thatToday, Real Madrid filed a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office “for crimes of hate and discrimination”.
The Public Prosecution Service in Valencia has also filed a case for “alleged hate crimes”.
Source: DN
