Irish Sport for Palestine accuses Fifa and Uefa of 'aiding and abetting war crimes'

The Irish Sport for Palestine organisation is part of an international group which has complained to the International Criminal Court (ICC) about Fifa and Uefa, accusing the football administrators of "aiding and abetting war crimes" by allowing Israeli teams' continued participation in football.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino and Uefa President Aleksandr Čeferin were specifically accused of the "transfer of civilian population into occupied territories", and "crimes against humanity" under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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