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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 17h
'We have failed as a city' - Human rights campaigners marks five years since NUFC Saudi takeover www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
chroniclelive.co.uk
‘We have failed as a city’ – Human rights activists on NUFC Saudi takeover
Campaigners on Tyneside have issued a fresh plea to highlight human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia, five years on from the Saudi Public Investment Fund's takeover of Newcastle United
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 17h
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...
chroniclelive.co.uk
‘We have failed as a city’ – Human rights activists on NUFC Saudi takeover
Campaigners on Tyneside have issued a fresh plea to highlight human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia, five years on from the Saudi Public Investment Fund's takeover of Newcastle United
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 18h
Coming together in solidarity of human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/spor...
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Coming together in solidarity of human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia
It is the five year anniversary of the Newcastle United takeover by the Saudi PIF, and an opportunity to push for accountability
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"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...
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Mob Rule - josimarfootball.com
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. By Nick McGeehan, the dir...
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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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...
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londoncaat.bsky.social @londoncaat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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...
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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...
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How football fans can campaign against sportswashing | Letter
Letter: There are ways to raise your voice against Manchester City’s owners and their links to Sudan while remaining supporters, says Kathryn Fletcher, in response to an article by Barney Ronay
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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...
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بعد خمس سنوات على استحواذ السعودية على نادي نيوكاسل يونايتد، القسط والمشجعون يجددون مطالبهم باتخاذ إجراءات إزاء تدهور أوضاع حقوق الإنسان
مع مرور خمس سنوات على انتقال ملكية نادي نيوكاسل يونايتد لكرة القدم إلى السعودية، تدعو القسط ومشجعو نيوكاسل مجلس المدينة المنتخب حديثًا إلى اتخاذ موقف أكثر حزمًا إزاء تدهور أوضاع حقوق الإنسان في السعود...
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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...
alqst.org
Five years on from Saudi takeover of Newcastle United, ALQST and fans renew demands for action on deteriorating human rights
As Newcastle United FC marks five years of Saudi ownership, ALQST and Newcastle fans are calling on the newly elected City Council to take a stronger position on the deteriorating human rights situati...
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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-...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
States Have No Business Owning Our Football Clubs
STATES HAVE NO BUSINESS OWNING OUR FOOTBALL CLUBS
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
Saudi Sportswashing Reducing To Sand?
SAUDI SPORTWASHING REDUCING TO SAND?
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"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...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
Jeffrey Epstein, Newcastle United, and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
JEFFREY EPSTEIN, NEWCASTLE UNITED'S OWNERSHIP, AND ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN-WINDSOR
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
Five Year Anniversary Campaign
FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
NUFC New Training Ground
NUFC NEW TRAINING GROUND AND AIRVIEW PARK
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
Playing With Pride?
PLAYING WITH PRIDE?
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
Newcastle Supports Human Rights
NEWCASTLE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS ON 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAUDI TAKEOVER OF NUFC
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
Newcastle Supports Human Rights
NEWCASTLE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS ON 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAUDI TAKEOVER OF NUFC
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Five years of brutal oppression in Saudi Arabia northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/reme...
northeastbylines.co.uk
Five years of brutal oppression in Saudi Arabia
A look at the human rights violations committed by Saudi in the time after the Newcastle United takeover
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A look at the human rights violations committed by Saudi in the time after the Newcastle United takeover northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/reme...
northeastbylines.co.uk
Five years of brutal oppression in Saudi Arabia
A look at the human rights violations committed by Saudi in the time after the Newcastle United takeover
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Newcastle Amnesty UK @newcastleaiuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
Newcastle Supports Human Rights
NEWCASTLE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS ON 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAUDI TAKEOVER OF NUFC
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
Newcastle Supports Human Rights
NEWCASTLE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS ON 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAUDI TAKEOVER OF NUFC
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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!
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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!
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Newcastle Amnesty UK @newcastleaiuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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.
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
MBS Involved Takeover
CROWN PRINCE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN TAKEOVER OF NEWCASTLE UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB - STATEMENT
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
NUFCvPSG
THE MURDER OF JAMAL KHASHOGGI: FIVE YEARS ON NEWCASTLE UNITED FACE PSG IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WHAT IS TO BE DONE? The 5th anniversary of the Saudi takeover is an opportunity to put some wrongs right and change the perception others have of us. 👇🏾 www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/newcastle-su...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
Newcastle Supports Human Rights
NEWCASTLE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS ON 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAUDI TAKEOVER OF NUFC
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Tyneside MPs, who pre-takeover condemned Saudi human rights abuses but who have failed to do so since then, should make public statements on October 7th in support of specific victims of the regime 👇🏾 www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/newcastle-su...
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Newcastle Supports Human Rights
NEWCASTLE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS ON 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAUDI TAKEOVER OF NUFC
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"October 7th, is an opportunity to make good on the pre-takeover promises, and break the silence on Saudi human rights abuses." www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/newcastle-su...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
Newcastle Supports Human Rights
NEWCASTLE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS ON 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAUDI TAKEOVER OF NUFC
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/newcastle-su...
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Newcastle Supports Human Rights
NEWCASTLE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS ON 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAUDI TAKEOVER OF NUFC
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
x.com/NoSaudiToon/...
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing (@NoSaudiToon) on X
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), which owns Neom, said in April that The Line was no longer a priority and not of utmost importance before 2030, although he stopped short of confirming that any projects had been cancelled. www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-a...
middleeasteye.net
Saudi Arabia shelves $2.5bn Neom stadium planned for 2034 World Cup, report says
The 46,000-seat venue was planned 350 metres above ground inside The Line, one of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's flagship projects
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Given the regime’s financial problems, why are fans still expecting the owners to invest in a new super stadium in Newcastle when they are cutting back drastically on projects and even the proposed stadiums in Saudi Arabia are now in doubt?" www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/saudi-sports...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
Saudi Sportswashing Reducing To Sand?
SAUDI SPORTWASHING REDUCING TO SAND?
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
Playing With Pride?
PLAYING WITH PRIDE?
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Saudi women continue to be oppressed but 5 years on there has been no display in solidarity with them, although Wor Flags have featured Newcastle United chairman Yasir al-Rumayyan, also a Saudi minister and right-hand man of Mohammed bin Salman www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/newcastle-un...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
Newcastle United v Athletic - A Different Way To Live Football
NEWCASTLE UNITED V ATHLETIC - A DIFFERENT WAY TO LIVE FOOTBALL
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Athletic Club's visit was an authentic celebration of football and of the bonds between two sets of fans, but we really need to learn from our Basque friends. They have given us an inspiring lesson in solidarity. Let’s take heed of the lesson. www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/newcastle-un...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
Newcastle United And Athletic Club - How Alike Are We Really?
NEWCASTLE UNITED AND ATHLETIC CLUB - HOW ALIKE ARE WE REALLY?
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
As we draw near to the 5th anniversary of the Saudi state takeover of our club, NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing ask fans, political institutions and North East media - was being sportswashed really worth it? www.nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk/four-seasons...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
Four Seasons of Saudi Sportswashing
FOUR SEASONS OF SAUDI SPORTSWASHING - WAS IT WORTH IT?
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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...
nufcfansagainstsportswashing.org.uk
Five Year Anniversary Campaign
FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN
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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Can somebody please please please ask Nigel Farage or anyone from Reform what they think about the Manchester City case. I have an inkling they will think City have been hard done by. 👇 fairsq.org/petropopulis...
fairsq.org
Petropopulism: FairSquare publishes new report on UAE links to Reform UK and the far-right
A new report from FairSquare highlights the extensive links between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the UK’s Reform party and the far-right, and calls for the UAE to be added to the “Enhanced Tier”...
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Isn’t it now time for people in and around Newcastle, a city with a proud record of solidarity, tolerance and fairness, to speak out more about their connection with such a controversial regime? northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/reme...
northeastbylines.co.uk
Five years of brutal oppression in Saudi Arabia
A look at the human rights violations committed by Saudi in the time after the Newcastle United takeover
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEWCASTLE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS IN SAUDI ARABIA - PUBLIC MEETING 👇🏾 OCTOBER 7th #saudiarabia🇸🇦 #humanrights #nufc⚫⚪⚫⚪ #nufc #nufcfans
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEWCASTLE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS IN SAUDI ARABIA - PUBLIC MEETING 👇🏾 OCTOBER 7th #saudiarabia🇸🇦 #humanrights #nufc⚫⚪⚫⚪ #nufc #nufcfans
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEWCASTLE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS IN SAUDI ARABIA - PUBLIC MEETING 👇🏾 OCTOBER 7th #saudiarabia🇸🇦 #humanrights #nufc⚫⚪⚫⚪ #nufc #nufcfans
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEWCASTLE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS IN SAUDI ARABIA - PUBLIC MEETING 👇🏾 OCTOBER 7th #saudiarabia🇸🇦 @newcastleaiuk.bsky.social #humanrights #nufc⚫⚪⚫⚪ #nufc #nufcfans
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEWCASTLE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS IN SAUDI ARABIA - PUBLIC MEETING 👇🏾 OCTOBER 7th #saudiarabia🇸🇦 #humanrights #nufc⚫⚪⚫⚪ #nufc #nufcfans
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEWCASTLE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS IN SAUDI ARABIA - PUBLIC MEETING 👇🏾 OCTOBER 7th #saudiarabia🇸🇦 #humanrights #nufc⚫⚪⚫⚪ #nufc #nufcfans
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEWCASTLE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS IN SAUDI ARABIA - PUBLIC MEETING 👇🏾 OCTOBER 7th #saudiarabia🇸🇦 #stopthegames #humanrights #nufc⚫⚪⚫⚪ #nufc #nufcfans
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NUFC Fans Against Sportswashing @nosauditoon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEWCASTLE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS IN SAUDI ARABIA - PUBLIC MEETING 👇🏾 OCTOBER 7th #saudiarabia🇸🇦 #humanrights #nufc⚫⚪⚫⚪ #nufc #nufcfans
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