FIFPro, the association representing professional footballers in dozens of countries, called on Israel immediately to release Mahmoud Sarsak, a Palestinian football player who has been on hunger strike since March to protest his detention for three years without charge or trial by Israel.
“FIFPro, the voice of all professional footballers in the world, demands that Mahmoud Sarsak be released from prison,” the statement begins.
The statement from FIFPro marks the first high-level attention to Sarsak’s case from professional football. However it is not a moment too soon given his grave health situation. more
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