Protest against Sheikh Mansour on Weds 14 January 2026 at Etihad Stadium

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This should possibly be in the politics board. A protest against Sheikh Mansour is being organised for 14 January 2026.

CSW (Christian Solidarity Worldwide) will launch a campaign calling on the Premier League to hold Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan to account for the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s role in the conflict in Sudan by protesting outside the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Wednesday 14 January 2026.

The issue:
The conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) has plunged Sudan into one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises. Over 30 million people, including nearly 15 million children, are in urgent need of assistance, at least 150,000 have been killed, and over 13 million have been displaced.

While both warring parties are backed by various international actors, there is credible evidence that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues to provide extensive military and financial support to the RSF, a militia suspected of committing a renewed genocide in Darfur .

Throughout the conflict, prominent human rights organisations and media outlets have reported on RSF fighters using a range of sophisticated weaponry either manufactured in, or re-exported by the UAE. Furthermore, in July 2024 reports emerged of the discovery of Emirati passports in Sudan linked to RSF soldiers, suggesting that the UAE may have deployed personnel to assist the fighting.

As vice-president and deputy prime minister of the UAE – and the brother of the president – Manchester City owner Sheikh Msour is well-placed to intervene in the UAE’s role in this conflict; however, he has well-documented personal ties to the leader of the RSF, General Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemedti’ Dagalo. Mansour has been described as Hemedti’s closest ally in the Emirates; he has hosted the general in the UAE on multiple occasions, and US intelligence officers have intercepted regular phone calls between the two of them.

The objective:
The protest outside the Etihad will coincide with the launch of a petition calling on the Premier League to raise the UAE’s role in prolonging and profiting from the conflict directly with Sheikh Mansour, and to insist that the UAE ends its support for the RSF.

CSW intends to remind the Premier League of its responsibility to prevent human rights abuses, as laid out in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and a March 2023 vote by all Premier League clubs to add a rule to the Premier League Handbook disqualifying individuals responsible for human rights abuses from club ownership.

Our objective is to get Sheikh Mansour to use his power to halt all UAE support to the RSF as a step towards an end to the conflict, which we want to see followed by a return to a civilian-led democratic transition, and ultimately justice and accountability for violations committed both before and during the conflict.

Event details:
Date and time: Wednesday 14 January 2026, 11am
Location: Etihad Stadium (Ashton New Rd Side), Manchester, M11 3FF
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".. calling on the Premier League to raise the UAE’s role in prolonging and profiting from the conflict directly with Sheikh Mansour, and to insist that the UAE ends its support for the RSF."

Well, fuck me.
 
Questions (playing Devil's advocate, not my opinions)
  • Have they got a point?
  • If it was against utd's owners would we be all for it?
  • Why now?
  • Why this conflict in particular when there's so many others to choose from?
  • Who is ultimately funding this (smells like Soros)?
 
any Blue supporting this should fuck right off - its the "ethno-Christan" right wing politics being brought into our club and our game in general. If you fall for this bullshit but like sky blue"football" shirts there is a political Party that should suit your needs with a season ticket price of £25 a year led by a grifter. Off ya fuck.
 
Football becoming more political. Football giving out peace awards.
Im going to hold a protest out each American own club. Trump is a fucking ****.
I think all American own clubs should be kicked out of the pl until they are sold to non war hungry countries.
I think clu s that are sponsored by gun running money laundering banks should be kuck out of the pl.
Oh wait these are white Americans, nothing to see here move along.

Would this be the same Christians who went to other countries to force their religion on others ?
 
Gazza said:
Questions (playing Devil's advocate, not my opinions)
  • Have they got a point?
  • If it was against utd's owners would we be all for it?
  • Why now?
  • Why this conflict in particular when there's so many others to choose from?
  • Who is ultimately funding this (smells like Soros)?
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Doubt it’s got anything to do with Soros mate - this stinks of the Christian right, which is hardly his agenda.
 
I have read a couple of articles about this and did wonder how long it would take to reach the forum. The 'credible' evidence comes from The UN and US Intelligence and has been picked up by a small number of media outlets in the UK and US (The Guardian and NYT). The story is an alleged relationship between HRH and the leader of the RSF (who are alleged to have committed atrocities in Sudan). UAE is accused of supplying arms to the RSF under the cover of charity field hospitals. The UAE have denied the claims and have not commented on the alleged relationship between Sheik Mansour and the RSF leader.
Make of that what you will. On the one hand the accusation is vehemently denied, on the other, judge for yourself the credibility of the sources. At the very least it is a pretty shitty stick for others to beat the club with :-(
 
Saddleworth2 said:
interestingly that hasn't been the case (yet). In thi country I think only the Guardian (quelle suprise) have run with it and the story has been around for a while.
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A while? How long I’ve only just start noticing it last 2 weeks! You can bet the media will latch on to it because it will get clicks
 
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