Racism in stadiums, the Prefecture of Rome on discriminatory banners: matches suspended

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By John

A meeting of the Committee for Public Order and Safety was held in the Prefecture, chaired by the Prefect of Rome, Lamberto Giannini, with the participation of the provincial heads of the police forces and the Municipality of Rome Capital and extended to the presence of Sport and Health, Rome and Lazio.
During the meeting, particular attention was paid, in view of the 2024/2025 sports season, to measures aimed at “preventing the display of banners that incite violence or contain discriminatory expressions as well as all manifestations of racism and anti-Semitism”. The prefect has ordered that tdemonstrations must be opposed with the utmost rigor and firmnesseven if the conditions exist, to the interruption of the sporting competition. He asked the companies to commit to prevention, also with specific “anti-discrimination spots”. The sports companies shared the indication by committing to apply the code of ethics and, at the request of the prefect, to promote the publication of “anti-racism spots”.