Acikgoz wrote:Apoel puts anti-turkish pamphlets on its seats, has major political connections. They actively promote hate.
This as a european football team.
Football violence has trended downward over the last 15 years due to active and responsible management - as recent as a couple of months ago this team's management were complicit in promotiong hate.
They should be banned from playing until their management can stop such violent actions.
Note, not one arrest by the racist police!!
The media plays a huge role. Has any newspaper or journalist in Cyprus done an expose on the leading figures behind these thugs? You know the kind of thing, "Here is the politician linked to some of the worst thugs in Cyprus" or "This hooligan works as a civil servant" etc etc. The ringleaders should be identified then marginalised as deviants.
And what about the police? Are they doing enough? Are they tackling race crime like every civilised European country should? If not who is calling the criminal justice system to account? The media? The people? Nobody?