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flag Scottish MPs urge UEFA to ban Belarus from football over human rights abuses and war support.

flag Members of the Scottish Parliament are urging UEFA to suspend Belarus’s national football team from international competitions, citing human rights abuses and the country’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine. flag The call, backed by 18 lawmakers including former first minister Humza Yousaf, comes ahead of a World Cup qualifier between Scotland and Belarus on October 12. flag They argue that allowing Belarus to compete contradicts UEFA’s values of fairness and human rights, especially given the regime’s repression of dissent and imprisonment of political activists. flag A symbolic gesture includes plans to send signed Scottish team shirts to two Belarusian fans serving prison terms for political activism. flag While UEFA has banned Belarus from hosting matches and restricted club games against Ukraine, it has not expelled the national team, a decision critics say undermines its human rights commitments.

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