Dead bodies are decomposing on the streets of Goma. The UN has described “immense human suffering” and a death toll nearing 3,000, following a Rwanda-backed offensive. Arsenal’s sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda has become impossible to justify. www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202... - ThreadSky

samjdean.bsky.social • 13 days ago

Dead bodies are decomposing on the streets of Goma. The UN has described “immense human suffering” and a death toll nearing 3,000, following a Rwanda-backed offensive. Arsenal’s sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda has become impossible to justify.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/02/10/arsenals-visit-rwanda-sponsorship-deal-is-a-stain-on-the-cl/

Comments

eboueh.bsky.social•13 days ago

A coincidence that M. Merino wears 23? #M23

timcampbellvo.bsky.social•13 days ago

@arsenalamerica.bsky.social @redactionafc.bsky.social and others, how do we put internal pressure on the club to end this abhorrent sponsorship deal?

afc-shabz.bsky.social•13 days ago

Ah yes, of course, we can send immigrants escaping persecution which the Torygraph supported, but how dare Arsenal have them as a sponsor. Media rule no.1, link it to Arsenal to gain traction 😤

michaelmccarthy92.bsky.social•13 days ago

Two things can be true, it's hypocritical of the Telegraph to condemn Arsenal and not the Tories, it's also abhorrent that Arsenal sportswashes on behalf of this regime.

afc-shabz.bsky.social•13 days ago

Hilarious as the Torygraph wasn’t doing much condemning then. Still waiting for the article condemning the idea of sending women & children to Rwanda to that Warzone! That works both ways too.

hubinos.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yes it does. That's the point.

hmtj79.bsky.social•13 days ago

The same Rwanda that your paper enthusiastically endorsed sending migrants to?

hmouland.bsky.social•13 days ago

Plus it’s not as if renewing that agreement will be hard…

hmouland.bsky.social•13 days ago

Thanks Sam.
After reading this and an FT article last week, I hope Arsenal do the right thing and break this agreement.
The club stands for the underprivileged as shown with the No More Red campaign just last month, and I don’t want my club associated with this in any way.

udithetisch.bsky.social•8 days ago

Completely agree

sabs55.bsky.social•12 days ago

Totally agree. Time for @arsenalfc.bsky.social to take that country off their shirts.

hansladegaard.bsky.social•13 days ago

Should also ditch Emirates while they’re at it.

mr-inbetween.bsky.social•5 days ago

Time NOT to visit Rawanda… go figure he is a criminal and that’s what criminals do

marmk.bsky.social•12 days ago

I agree with you Sam, the sponsorship deal is no longer tenable. But I also recall your paper being enthusiastic about deportations to Rwanda.
What changed?