NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing

NEWCASTLE has NOT been SPORTSWASHED! Join us this SATURDAY before #NUFC vs #AstonVilla to sign petitions and show support for Saudi prisoners of conscience 👇🏾 #FreeAhmed al-Doush, Abdulrahman al-#FreeSadhan #FreeManahel al Otaibi

Newcastle remembers the victims of the Saudi regime northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

Al-Faraj’s execution follows those of child offenders Jalal Labbad (in August 2025), Abdullah al-Derazi (October 2025) and Ali al-Subaiti (April 2026). #NUFC Chairman Yasir al-Rumayyan is a minister in the Saudi government which executes children. www.alqst.org/en/post/exec...

Questions about Chi Onwurah's commitment to calling out human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia when she has accepted £5k in freebies from the Saudi regime owned club, whose chairman Yasir al-Rumayyan is a key figure in govt which has just conducted a mass execution. www.cityam.com/newcastle-mp...

Questions about Chi Onwurah's commitment to calling out human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia. It is revealed she has accepted £5k in freebies from the Saudi regime owned club, whose chairman al-Rumayyan is a key figure in govt which has just conducted a mass execution. www.cityam.com/newcastle-mp...

The Saudi dictatorship which owns #NUFC has executed another child offender, with four other political prisoners also executed, while another child offender has been sentenced to death. Time for the ⚽ Regulator to review owner fitness to own a ⚽️ club.... northeastbylines.co.uk/news/world-n...

Five years after the takeover Newcastle United FC, the city of Newcastle and arguably the North East remain irrevocably associated with a country that remains one of the world’s worst exponents of human rights abuse. Was it really all worthwhile? northeastbylines.co.uk/news/world-n...

“For a lot of fans, the penny still has to drop that we could end up just like City.” That is; the human rights abusing nation state owners being forced to sell up and leave. (Without the trophies and having given zero solidarity to the victims of the Saudi regime) share.google/MqLcPMMi6FQR...

Join NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing and Newcastle Amnesty this Saturday at 11am at THE MONUMENT to collect signatures in support of Saudi prisoners of conscience. Newcastle has NOT been sportswashed! www.facebook.com/groups/94007...

We were reminded by chair of the meeting John Hird, of the children who had been arrested on demos in Saudi Arabia and later executed. northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

“Newcastle fans, in an organised campaign, can stop Saudi Arabia from sports washing its terrible human rights abuses through their football club. Newcastle United is being used by the Saudi government to give them legitimacy.” northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

Outside the Tyneside bubble, we, as a club, fanbase and region are perceived as doing next to nothing to condemn the horrendous human rights abuses of the owners and show solidarity with their victims. northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/spor...

After the 5th anniversary of the #Saudi takeover of NUFC, join us and @newcastleaiuk.bsky.social at Grey's Monument between 11.00 am and 1.00 pm on Saturday 17/10 to sign petitions for political prisoners Ahmed al-Doush, Abdulrahman al-Sadhan and Manahel al Otaibi. 👇🏾 www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

Following the 5th anniversary of the #Saudi-led #NUFC takeover, join us and @nosauditoon.bsky.social at Grey's Monument between 11.00 am and 1.00 pm on Saturday 17/10 to sign petitions for political prisoners Ahmed al-Doush, Abdulrahman al-Sadhan and Manahel al Otaibi www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

“Blood, sweat and oil”: terrible working conditions at Saudi Aramco exposed in new report northeastbylines.co.uk/news/world-n...

A reminder that Manchester City's UAE owners are playing footsy with the UK far-right, have been credibly accused of torturing scores of UK citizens, deployed an assassin to UK soil, and probably hacked 10 Downing Street. And unlike Man City, we publish our evidence 👇 fairsq.org/petropopulis...

In 2013 Manchester City's UAE owners helped decide how a UK council handled a Freedom of Information request. When our director @ncgeehan.bsky.social asked for details of the Etihad Campus deal they flagged his background to the Council. This is why States shouldn't be allowed to own football clubs.

Ook supporter John Hird vierde een lustrum, van zijn zelfopgelegde boycot van de club. In plaats van op de tribune zitten, richtte hij de activistengroep ‘NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing’ op. www.trouw.nl/ts-bdfc675c/

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On Wednesday at #Newcastle Civic Centre activists and local Councillors both showed their support for #HumanRights in #SaudiArabia

As @newcastleunited.com marks five years of Saudi ownership, ALQST and Newcastle fans (@nosauditoon.bsky.social) are calling on the newly elected City Council to take a stronger position on the deteriorating human rights situation in Saudi Arabia. www.alqst.org/en/post/five...

📅 Tomorrow, @nosauditoon.bsky.social is holding a public meeting at the Bridge Hotel from 7-9:30pm, featuring ALQST Acting Director @maryamaldossari.bsky.social as a speaker.

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'We have failed as a city' - Human rights campaigners marks five years since NUFC Saudi takeover www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

NUFCFAS has called on @TheIFROfficial to “immediately instruct @premierleague to ban any country from owning a football club” & says that the 5 year anniversary of takeover is a chance to “right some wrongs & break the silence on Saudi human rights abuses”. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Coming together in solidarity of human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/spor...

"Manchester City is run by, and in the interests of, the United Arab Emirates, a state whose appetite for conflict and violence is matched by its contempt for rules and norms." josimarfootball.com/2026/10/05/m...

My piece in @josimarfootball.bsky.social on what explains the UAE's aggressive legal strategy in the Manchester City case. It's what they do and they have consistently gotten away with it. josimarfootball.com/2026/10/05/m...

5 years of shame for Newcastle being owned by such a repressive regime. The council should also be ashamed and must take a stronger stance in support of human rights with regard to the club's owners

On 7 October, NUFCFAS is holding a public meeting at the Bridge Hotel from 7pm to 9:30pm, featuring ALQST Acting Director @maryam_dh as a speaker. Full details + article 👇🏾 www.alqst.org/en/post/five...

Newcastle United fans have led the way by setting up a group campaigning for human rights in Saudi Arabia (NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing). www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Five years on from Saudi takeover of Newcastle United, ALQST and fans renew demands for action on deteriorating human rights www.alqst.org/post/five-ye...

As @NUFC marks five years of Saudi ownership, ALQST and Newcastle fans (@NoSaudiToon) are calling on the newly elected City Council to take a stronger position on the deteriorating human rights situation in Saudi Arabia. Speaker include @maryamaldossari.bsky.social www.alqst.org/en/post/five...

If football ceases to have a financial level playing field, it is no longer a sport but merely a plaything and sportswashing vehicle for oligarchs and human rights abusing dictatorships. What glory is there in winning anything that way? www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/states-have-...

The grand and boastful plans by the Saudi state owners of Newcastle United could be reduced to sand as the regime’s numerous projects are pared back due to financial restraints. www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/saudi-sports...

"The Reubens own several landmark buildings in Newcastle, in addition to controlling a minority share in the football club, so they are unlikely to be seriously questioned by the North East press either." www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/jeffrey-epst...

Please consider donating and help us oppose sportswashing in football and support Saudi prisoners of conscience - jailed, abused and tortured and in some cases under the threat of execution at the hands of the ultimate owners of NUFC. www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/five-year-an...

Much still remains unknown and unresolved regarding the PIF’s intentions for Newcastle United, even 5 years since they took control of the club. www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/nufc-new-tra...

Manchester City and Newcastle United are owned by the UAE and Saudi Arabian states which both discriminate against the LGBT+ communities in those countries. www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/playing-with...

Public Meeting - Bridge Hotel at 7pm Speakers include Dr Maryam Aldossari, the leading Saudi human rights defender and academic who is also an expert on gender inequality in the Middle East and a board member of ALQST for Human Rights. www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/newcastle-su...

Lobby of Newcastle CC - Civic Centre at 5pm NUFCFAS and Amnesty Newcastle will be canvassing Councillors on their way to a full Council Meeting to have their photograph taken displaying the message "I support human rights in Saudi Arabia”. www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/newcastle-su...

Five years of brutal oppression in Saudi Arabia northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/reme...

A look at the human rights violations committed by Saudi in the time after the Newcastle United takeover northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/reme...

We will bring: - a petition for prison welfare visits for Manahel al-Otaibi and Abdulrahman al-Sadhan plus #FREESADHAN and #FREEMANAHEL large group photo opportunities - a petition to release UK citizen Ahmed al-Doush - "Where are they now?" photo opportunity with Saudi style #NUFC shirts

Public Meeting - Bridge Hotel at 7pm Speakers include Dr Maryam Aldossari, the leading Saudi human rights defender and academic who is also an expert on gender inequality in the Middle East and a board member of ALQST for Human Rights. www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/newcastle-su...

Lobby of Newcastle CC - Civic Centre at 5pm NUFCFAS & Amnesty Newcastle will be canvassing Councillors on their way to a full Council Meeting to have their photograph taken displaying the message "I support human rights in Saudi Arabia”. www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/newcastle-su...

And later join us at THE BRIDGE HOTEL at 7pm to hear leading Saudi human rights defender @maryamaldossari.bsky.social and other speakers, including from @newcastleaiuk.bsky.social and @nosauditoon.bsky.social All welcome!

7/10/26 Join us and @nosauditoon.bsky.social and @alqst.bsky.social to encourage #Newcastle Councillors to support #humanrights in #SaudiArabia Meet at Books for Amnesty, 92 Westgate Road NE1 4AF at 4.45 pm this Wednesday OR at Civic Centre at 5.15 pm.

Saudi state ownership of Newcastle United has infected local politics, diluted commitments to human rights and muted the press. Time to kick back and really get our club back. www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/mbs-involved...

The death of the sport will not be the act of oppressive states buying up major football clubs after being allowed to by shortsighted authorities. It will be fans thinking they can do nothing to stop it and accepting that it is now the norm. www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/nufcvpsg