KOK issues official detailed complaints to the International Olympic Committee for Serbia's ban on Kosovo boxers

KOK issues official detailed complaints to the International Olympic Committee for Serbia's ban on Kosovo boxers

The Kosovo Olympic Committee has published a communique confirming a complaint sent to the International Olympic Committee (KON). This complaint has included documents, materials published by foreign media, as well as videos from the shameful event that happened to the Kosovo boxing team on the border with Serbia, where they were not allowed [...]

This complaint includes documents, materials published by foreign media, as well as videos from the shameful event that happened to the Kosovo boxing team on the border with Serbia, where Periscope was not allowed to pass, writes.

Below, KOK's complete post:

KOK sends the complaint about Serbia's refusal to our boxing delegation? )
Kosovo's Olympic Committee has filed a complaint to the International Olympic Committee (KON/IOC) about the refusal to give to the Kosovo boxing delegation, which three times refused entry into the state of Serbia, where they would have to participate in the Belgrade World Boxing Championship.
The boxing team was stopped at the border by Serbian police, which, at the order of the Government of Serbia, did not allow our team to cross the border at “and the White Land” once and Merdare twice, on last month's 23rd and 24 October.
The KOK has deposited all material with evidence of refusing to enter the border boxing team, attaching photos, videos, international media writings, letters sent to the World Boxing Federation (AIBA) by KOK and the Kosovo Box Federation, etc.
In the letter sent by KOK President Ismet Krasniqi, to KON President Thomas Bach, along with the description of all the event chronologically, has been requested by the home of the Olympic Movement in the world, to take all necessary actions towards world boxing organisers and all acts involved if not allowing Kosovo's boxing team to enter Serbia.
If these actions escape without any real condemnation, the message of the entire sports community will be that sports can be used as a platform of political and damaging actions. The Kosovo team has been damaged in all possible aspects: morally, physically, psychologically and financially. We have once again become collateral damage to unclear relations and we are not ready to continue suffering from the political regimes of another country. This is a good opportunity for the Olympic family, in order to bring about adequate and fair decisions, and to show the world that we are ready to defend our values and that all parties of interest in sports must be included in”, says among other things in President Krasniqi's letter.
KOK leaders, President Krasniqi and Secretary General Besim Aliti are in constant contact with the directors of the International Olympic Committee, with which they have discussed the boxing issue over the meetings in Greece's Crete, where the International Olympic Committee Association General Assembly (ANOC) was held last week.

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