Japan takes a step forward: the Japan Association of Athletics Federations issued a new Human Rights Policy and Code of Conduct to combat abuse in sports, ahead of the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. 🇯🇵🏃‍♂️   Read more: www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...   #WorldAthletics #AthletesAgainstAbuse

📣 Tomorrow, #SRA executive director @andreaflorence.bsky.social will speak at the #COBEXPO event “Integrity and Safe Sport”- about the need for a national #safesport entity to provide monitoring, accountability, and support for survivors 💪 cobexpo.soudaliga.com.br/evento/2025-...

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🎙️SRA Network Coordinator @jujuca1987 spoke with @radionovelo about her career as a four-time Olympian swimmer, the normalization of violence in sports and how her experience as a survivor drives her to fight for #athleterights today. 🏊‍♀️🏆 https://youtu.be/mAis0PtvuXcsi=CnqlvmNfp04JBICD

📢 If you've experienced or witnessed harm in sport, we need your voice! Take our anonymous survey to help shape global safe sport policies & make sport safe for all ➡️ sportandrightsalliance.org/your-voice-matters #YourVoiceMatters @unesco.org

📢 Don’t miss this opportunity! Sign up for our upcoming workshop on media training through the link below 👇 @suzywrack.bsky.social @shireenahmed.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🚨 @humanrightswatch.bsky.social published reporting today on hundreds of unpaid migrant workers in Saudi Arabia. Employed by Sendan International, they were stranded without pay for up to 8 months, and forced into undocumented status or left with no choice but to return home at their own expense

📽 Sportchau's new documentary explores the careers of athletes like breakdancer Manizha Talash under the shadow of the Taliban. She competed at #Paris2024, but was disqualified for wearing a cape bearing the slogan “Free Afghan Women.”✊ Watch her powerful story ⤵️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqnS...

🥊 Algerian boxer Imane Khelif lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) this week to determine whether #WorldBoxing’s sex testing policy is legal, but a hearing has yet to be scheduled. www.skysports.com/boxing/news/...

📢 If you haven’t already, sign up for the Media Training for Impacted Athletes through the link below! 👇 sportandrightsalliance.org/activity/ath...

🚨 Over 550 boxers from more than 65 countries are competing in the 2025 #WorldBoxing Championship in Liverpool. 🥊 Yet, due to World Boxing’s current sex testing policy – not based on any real science or disproportionate advantage – some women athletes may be excluded.

Christophe Gleizes remains in prison on unfounded charges of “apology for terrorism.” Sign the below petition and join our call to the Algerian government to #FreeGleizes 📣 @rsf.org rsf.org/en/petition-...

🚨The #AthletesNetwork will be hosting an online media training for impacted athletes on September 24th. ✊ Join us to hear from journalists @suzywrack.bsky.social from @theguardian.com and @shireenahmed.bsky.social ⚽️ 📰 Register below ⬇️ #SafeSport sportandrightsalliance.org/activity/ath...

#SRA's Andrea Florence spoke with @radiocanadainfo.bsky.social on #FIFA’s commitment to human rights⚽️ https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/y-a-pas-deux-matins-pareils/episodes/1010183/jeudi-14-aout-2025/transcription#SRA

🚨 The #SRA calls on the international sports community & human rights organizations to urgently pay attention to the disappearance of #AnatolKotau, a prominent sports official & long-standing advocate for the rights of Belarusian athletes. Learn more ➡️ sportandrightsalliance.org/anatol-kotau...

🚨The programme for @playthegame-org.bsky.social 2025 is now online! The 14th session of #PTG will include 4 days of knowledge-sharing, networking and presentations from #SRA partners + allies including @hrw.org, @ilgaworld.bsky.social, & more ✊ www.playthegame.org/conferences/...

🚨 Known for his reporting for @sofoot and @SocietyOfficiel and passion for football, respected journalist #ChristopheGleizes does not belong in prison. Sign the petition to #FreeGleizes✊⚽️ https://rsf.org/en/petition-we-call-immediate-release-french-sports-journalist-christophe-gleizes#ChristopheGleizes

🚨The 2025 FIFA #ClubWorldCup in the United States saw 32 teams from around the world compete in an extensive, 63-match tournament that took place against a backdrop of extreme conditions & human rights risks. Here's what #FIFA needs to address before the #WorldCup next year ⤵️

📣The FIFA ⚽ Club World Cup saw 32 teams compete in an extensive, 63-match tournament in the US, that took place against a backdrop of extreme conditions and human rights risks. The @sportrightsall.bsky.social & @hrw.org spell out what FIFA needs to fix urgently ⤵️ www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

👇ℹ️ ICYMI: Find out about FSE's Disability & Inclusion Fan Network, which launched at #EFFC25 last month.

🥳 Meet our new Steering Committee! We’re building a global community where every child can thrive. 🌍✨ 🔗 Read more 👉 tinyurl.com/tozeroSC #ToZero #ChildSafety #TogetherWeCan

🎥 On June 27th, the #AthletesNetwork for Safer Sports held a workshop on the topic of athletes as human rights defenders. 🔗 https://sportandrightsalliance.org/its-often-still-dangerous-for-athletes-to-speak-out/

📢 Joanna Maranhão today on "Tackling Violence & Harassment in Sport" panel at #ILO headquarters, where she spoke about the #AthletesNetwork model of meaningful engagement with impacted athletes. https://www.sporthumanrights.org/events/decent-work-responsible-event-hosting-in-women-s-sport

📢 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that #CasterSemenya's right to a fair hearing was violated. This ruling brings hope to Caster's years-long struggle for justice – and highlights the urgent need to reform sport's justice system for athletes around the globe. ✊

📢 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that #CasterSemenya's right to a fair hearing was violated. This ruling brings hope to Caster's years-long struggle for justice – and highlights the urgent need to reform sport's justice system for athletes around the globe. ✊

Last week, our executive director Andrea Florence spoke at @fanseurope.org's 2025 Congress in Malmö on protecting fans' rights at international tournaments. ✊ #FansRightsAreHumanRights #SRA

#SRA partner @rsf.org condemns unjust imprisonment of French football journalist Christophe Gleizes in Algeria. #FreeGleizes Learn more ➡️ https://rsf.org/en/algeria-french-sports-journalist-christophe-gleizes-sentenced-seven-years-prison-after-over-year

#Algeria: RSF condemns the Tizi Ouzou court's decision to sentence French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes to 7 years in prison. A football writer & contributor to SoFoot magazine, he spent a year under a judicial control order & is now in jail just for doing his job. rsf.org/en/algeria-f...

Happy to keep advocating for safer sports everywhere alongside @sportrightsall.bsky.social

We are thrilled to announce our newest Advisory Council member of the AthletesNetwork for Safer Sports 🙌 @withgracetoo.com (she/her) is a transgender woman & lifelong athlete who played from 2019-2025 for highly competitive women's rugby clubs including Berkeley All Blues & New York Rugby Club.

📢 At the #Olympism365 Summit, Network Coordinator Joanna Maranhão stressed the importance of meaningful collaboration between civil society, impacted athletes & sports bodies – and highlighted the current gaps in existing reporting & investigative mechanisms in sports. ✊ #AthletesNetwork

📌 Join the #AthletesNetwork on June 27 for an online event, Athletes as Human Rights Defenders, to discuss the impact of & sport's responsibilities to protect athletes who speak up. #DefendTheDefenders ✊ Register 👉 https://sportandrightsalliance.org/activity/athletes-as-human-rights-defenders/

To mark World Day Against Child Labor, read @hrw.org's latest dispatch on the steps FIFA needs to take to uphold its human rights obligations and minimize risks that migrant workers’ children will be driven into child labor: www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

🚨 We're one year out from the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, & it's increasingly clear that not all fans will be safe attending matches in the US. ⚠️ Escalating attacks on human rights & civil freedoms threaten to undermine FIFA’s human rights commitments & responsibilities. 1/5

🤝 We're delighted to welcome @rsf.org as a fellow @sportrightsall.bsky.social partner. We're looking forward to working together. 🔈 Press freedom is crucial in championing human rights in sport & holding abusers to account.

The 2026 men’s World Cup kicks off one year from now, amidst an escalating crackdown on human rights in the US. Real risks to fans, journalists, residents and players. The militarised crushing of protest in LA is a warning. With @sportrightsall.bsky.social www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

❗🔈 Alongside @sportrightsall.bsky.social, we call on FIFA to act now to safeguard human rights for everyone involved in the tournament. 2/5

Dark clouds are gathering above the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, hosted by 🇺🇸, 🇲🇽 & 🇨🇦 . "FIFA should exert its leverage and demand concrete, legally binding guarantees that human rights won’t be further sacrificed for the sake of the game." - Andrea Florence, ED @sportrightsall.bsky.social

🚨 Just 1 year until the #FIFA Men's #WorldCup kicks off in US, the Canada & Mexico, escalating attacks on human rights & civil freedoms threaten safety, wellbeing & rights for the 6.5 million+ fans, workers, journalists & athletes involved. Read joint statement: https://loom.ly/IHoTaeE

#USA: RSF condemns the wave of violence – at least 27 separate attacks – that swept across journalists covering protests in Los Angeles this weekend. Violence against journalists trying to do their jobs is unacceptable. #JournalismIsNotACrime rsf.org/en/usa-rsf-c...

Proud to announce @rsf.org as the newest #SRA partner, who joins us in advancing #humanrights across all facets of sport – including those of journalists whose critical work serves to enable the protection and fulfillment of all other human rights.📢 Learn more: https://loom.ly/SE7nJew

Since this day in 2005, the women's rights movement in Iran has been calling for the ban on women and girls in football stadiums, put in place in 1981, to be overturned. 🏟️ #OpenStadiums #NoBan4Women #WomanLifeFreedom #FansRightsAreHumanRights @fanseurope.org @iscsupporters.bsky.social

#SRA partner @ituc.bsky.social 2025 Global Rights Index found that MENA remains worst region for workers’ rights—with #Qatar, #SaudiArabia & #UAE posing severe restrictions on freedom of association & right to organize. https://www.ituc-csi.org/global-rights-index

📢 JUST LAUNCHED: The 2025 ITUC Global Rights Index 📉#RightsIndex25 🌍 Workers’ rights are collapsing globally — with only 7 countries scoring top marks out of 151 ⚠️ 87% violated the right to strike 🛑 Democracy and labour justice are under attack www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-global-...

Trans, gender-diverse & intersex people belong in sports – and everywhere. Today on International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia (#IDAHOBIT), we honor every person fighting discrimination & hate. We see you, we stand with you & you are not alone. ✊ @ilgaworld.bsky.social

The ~4 million migrant #domesticworkers in Saudi Arabia play an essential role in maintaining the 2034 #WorldCup host's economy. Yet without labour reforms, these workers remain under the Kafala system which binds foreign workers to employers, fosters exploitation & systemic racism. #StepUpFIFA

Still genuine, visceral anger within Uefa about Infantino's conduct, and a few questions starting to be lobbed in about his future. Realistically there's no imminent threat. But other bodies want his recent activities publicly explained. Story with Paul MacInnes: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Last year #FIFA awarded the 2034 #WorldCup to Saudi Arabia without credible human rights guarantees, despite our report w/ #Amnesty on severe & widespread risks. Today @amnesty.org has launched new research on severe abuses faced by domestic workers & lack of labor laws to protect them. 🧵⤵️

This whole week in Madrid, I have been lobbying for more spaces for Afghan women in exile. This is excellent news. Congratulations to everyone for advocacy especially my colleague @stevecockburn.bsky.social for updating us and working on it along with others at Sport & Rights Alliance 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻!!!

🧵 A new report by Amnesty International reveals how Kenyan domestic workers in #SaudiArabia endure grueling, abusive and discriminatory conditions, which often amounts to forced labour and human trafficking.