Spain and Barcelona star Lamine Yamal has been convicted of ‘unbearable’ behavior as part of the entertainment for his 18th birthday party.
Yamal turned 18 to 13 July and organized a grand gala on his birthday and invited several of his club and national team members.
But the party also maintained a reprehensible part in entertainment and promotional activities: hire people with dwarf-like.
The Association of People with Achondroplasia and other skeletal dysplasies with dwarf gram (ADEE), a member organization of the Spanish Confederation of people with physical and organic disabilities (Cocemfe), have publicly denounced the activity, adding that the legal steps will take against the attacker.
Has Yamal violated any law?
Yes. According to the general legislation on the rights of persons with disabilities in Spain, approved by Royal Legal Decree 1/2013: «Shows or recreational activities in which people with disabilities or other circumstances are used to tension spot, spot or spot of the public.»
What did the Adee say?
«Adee considers this kind of practice as inolitary because it maintains stereotypes, feeds discrimination and undermines the image and rights of people with achondroplasia or other skeletal dysplasies, as well as all people with disabilities,» the association said in a statement.
Carolina Puente, the president of Adee, added: «It is unacceptable that in the 21st century people with dwarf -like are still used as entertainment on private parties, and even more seriously when these incidents include public figures such as Lamine Yamal.»
«The dignity and rights of our community are not under any circumstance entertainment for someone.»
