“Lindelöf and United are criticised by Amnesty,”
“Respond, inter alia, on the hearts of swedes image in social media”
“Victor Nilsson Lindelöf and his team-mates in the Manchester United get harsh criticism of the human rights organization Amnesty International.”
“the Reason is fotbollsstjärnornas way to produce the training camp in Dubai in the social media. “
“– It is one thing to go there, but another thing is the amazing advertising they conduct, “said John Peder Egenæs, secretary general for Amnesty in Norway, to PLEASE”
“Clubs such as IFK Göteborg and Malmö FF have chosen to stop going on a training camp to Dubai after criticism from its own members. A week also decided Danish FC Copenhagen to this year’s camp will be their last in the emirate. The reason is the situation in the United arab Emirates, which according to the UN, committed krigsbrytelser during the fighting in Yemen, where homosexuality is criminalized.”
“the Reaction on the Lindelöfs image”
“A club that has, however, gone is the English Manchester United and now is the secretary general of Amnesty Norway, John Peder Egenæs, harsh criticism against the club. But not in the first place for United’s decision to go to Dubai, but for how the club and its players, reports from the camp in social media.”
“Norwegian VG writes that Egenæs, among other things, reacted on the Swedish played Victor Nilsson Lindelöfs Instagram-picture of the sunset from a boat, the teammate Jesse Lindgards clips from a shopping trip in the Dubai Mall, and Ander herrera’s film when he’s hanging out at the team’s luxury hotel.”
“– It is a huge gift to Dubai. It is one thing to go there, but another thing is the amazing advertising they engage in. They only show the nice page, but Dubai has another side also. The United are doing now is to show a completely uncritical picture of Dubai as a great holiday destination in the winter, “says Egenæs to PLEASE”
“”Should be a wake-up call””
“United have told Norwegian TV2 that the choice of destination made exclusively of ”practical resehänsyn”. John Peder Egenæs says that he doesn’t want to call for a boycott of the country, but in that club such as Manchester United and its influential players should reflect more on how they portray places like Dubai. “
“– They say not a peep about ” it’s people in jail in Dubai because they are gay. They have not used their social media to be a little critical against the regime. Now they use social media to be completely uncritical. It really should be a wake-up call for Manchester United.”
