Football supporters deployed racist banner

Alert DateFebruary 22, 2008 Country: France Address: Bastia General Type: Racist discourse Racism and discrimination phenomena: Afrophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Sport
Victims Data
Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin Burkinabe
Victims Gender Male
Victims Age 18-25
Victims Number 1
Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin N/A
Perpetrator Gender N/A
Perpetrator Age N/A
Perpetrators Number N/A
Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

Friday February 22: before the beginning of the match Bastia-Libourne (L2), the supporters of Bastia deployed a racist banner, againt a player of Libourne (Boubacar Kebé, who is from Burkina-Faso), who had been excluded from the preceding match because he had gave the Bastia supporters - who uttered racist insults to him - the finger. The Professional Football League (LFP) decided to sportingly sanction the Bastia Sporting Club by withdrawing it a point (sanction confirmed in appeal and by the French National Olympic and Sporting Committe). It is a decision without precedent in France.

Source: Racisme dans les stades: quelle sanction pour Bastia?, in Lepost.fr, http://www.lepost.fr/article/2008/03/21/1168730_racisme-dans-les-stades-quelle-sanction-pour-bastia.html