- Target:
- FIFA, Jacob Zuma
- Region:
- GLOBAL
Hi all,
Bavaria beer girls Barbara Castelein and Mirte Nieuwpoort released without charge. Sense prevailed at the end of the day.
As it turns out Blatter & Co would rather have beautiful women in jail than in skimpy dresses.
Jokes aside, the issue is serious, being one which infringes on individual liberties. FIFA thinks they can dictate what people wear to football games, with threats of incarceration for those that fail to comply. If this court case is seen through there is a precedent that can lead to further abuse of the intellectual property laws that have been twisted to suit FIFA's purpose. It is highly questionable to have a sporting body decide how the laws of a nation should be written, causing the arrests of individuals based on these self-serving laws. FIFA has shown themselves to be driven not by sport but by profit.
The second you stop fighting for freedom is the second you start to lose it.
We, the undersigned, call for the immediate release of Barbara Castelein and Mirte Nieuwpoort with all charges related to the Bavaria Beer scandal dropped.
We also call for a reform to the FIFA policies regarding branding which led to the arrests as they infringe upon individual liberties.
The Free the Bavaria Beer Two petition to FIFA, Jacob Zuma was written by Cameron Hollis and is in the category Justice at GoPetition.