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Former Football Chief Lodges Human Rights Complaint

The former boss of the Union of European Football Associations, Michel Platini, has lodged a complaint against Switzerland with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), alleging his human rights have been...

by PILP
Michel Platini claims his human rights were violated when he was banned from football activities.

The former boss of the Union of European Football Associations, Michel Platini, has lodged a complaint against Switzerland with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), alleging his human rights have been violated. The ECtHR has confirmed that it has received an application from Platini, a star player for France in the 1980s who later became president of Europe’s football authority. Platini is appealing against an eight-year ban from football, later reduced to four years, imposed by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association ethics committee because of financial wrongdoing.

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