Bahrain - Reporters Without Borders calls on FIFA not to elect Bahrain's Sheikh Salman as president

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders calls on the members of World Soccer Association FIFA to decide against Bahrain's candidate Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa as its future president. Upcoming Friday, the national member associations decide in Zurich who of the five candidates will be the future FIFA president. "Sheikh Salman is completely inacceptable as the top representative of world soccer", said RSF Germany's executive director Christian Mihr. "As a member of Bahrain's royal Family, Salman (...)

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