Calling someone ‘p*ki’ is never just “good natured banter”, JohnHi John,

When he played for Yorkshire Cricket Club, Azeem Rafiq was called ‘a P*ki’”, and
derogatory comments about Asian men and corner shops were regularly thrown his
way. Yorkshire Cricket Club have reportedly written off this racist bullying as
“friendly banter”.

It is disgusting.

Racism in cricket is a problem - and it won’t go away if we don’t act to force
those in positions of power to take it seriously. That’s why we’re demanding
Yorkshire CCC release their full investigation into the scandal. Can you add
your name?

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Help get justice for Azeem
[[link removed]]While the report found that it was “not reasonable for Azeem to have been
offended”, it did find that the cricket player had been a victim of “racial
harassment and bullying”. The club issued an apology, however were “pleased” to
announce that no further disciplinary action would be taken and are now refusing
to release the 100 page report's findings in full.

Azeem Rafiq has said the club are ‘trying to bury’ findings. We can’t let them get away with it. We’re writing to the club to demand they
release the full report IMMEDIATELY. The more of us who add our names, the
harder it will be for them to ignore us.

Help get justice for Azeem
[[link removed]]We are asking for Yorkshire CCC to release the report in full and for a full
investigation to be conducted by the England and Wales Cricket Board into the
matter.

Azeem deserves the truth. In his own words: "I am proud to support this campaign
by HOPE not hate. When investigating racism, the process needs transparency, not
only so people know what happened, but so we can learn from it. I join their
call to the Yorkshire CCC to release the investigation’s findings in full."

Thank you for joining us in standing in solidarity with Azeem!

Nick Lowles
CEO, HOPE not hate


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