{"id":67294,"date":"2026-03-21T15:46:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T15:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/condemns-dehumanizing-cowardly-racist-abuse"},"modified":"2026-03-21T16:58:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T16:58:24","slug":"condemns-dehumanizing-cowardly-racist-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/condemns-dehumanizing-cowardly-racist-abuse","title":{"rendered":"Condemns Dehumanizing Cowardly Racist Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong> <\/span><b>Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate was the target of \u201cvile and abhorrent\u201d racist abuse online, the Premier League club said Friday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Konate was targeted after Wednesday&#8217;s Champions League victory against Galatasaray when he was involved in an incident that led to opposition striker Victor Osimhen sustaining a fractured arm.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool condemned the abuse as \u201cdehumanising, cowardly and rooted in hate.\u201d It called on social media companies to do more to stamp it out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur players are not targets. They are human beings. The abuse that continues to be directed at players, often hidden behind anonymous accounts, is a stain on the game and on the platforms that allow it to persist,\u201d the club said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool said social media companies had the power and technology to prevent abuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllowing racist hatred to spread unchecked is a choice \u2013 and it is one that continues to harm players, families and communities across the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool said it was supporting Konate and working with authorities to try to identify those responsible for the abuse.<\/p>\n<p>Last month four Premier League players were targeted with racist abuse online over the same weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana, Burnley midfielder Hannibal Mejbri and Wolverhampton striker Tolu Arokodare shared images of messages they were sent on Instagram. Sunderland winger Romaine Mundle was also subjected to \u201cvile online racist abuse,\u201d his club said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Kick It Out, a British-based anti-discrimination charity, repeated its calls for platforms to do more to address the problem that persists in elite soccer.<\/p>\n<p>At the last Women&#8217;s European Championship, England defender Jess Carter revealed she had been subject to racial abuse online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current situation cannot be allowed to continue. It must be confronted, challenged and eradicated \u2013 not tomorrow, but now,\u201d Liverpool said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Lesotho<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate was the target of \u201cvile and abhorrent\u201d racist abuse online, the Premier League club said Friday. Konate was targeted after Wednesday&#8217;s Champions League victory against Galatasaray when he was involved in an incident that led to opposition striker Victor Osimhen sustaining a fractured arm. 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