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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Ewan Murray

Rico Quitongo backed by EHRC in discrimination claim against Airdrie

Rico Quitongo in action for Airdrie last July – the club said they take ‘a zero tolerance approach to racism’.
Rico Quitongo in action for Airdrie last July – the club said they take ‘a zero tolerance approach to racism’. Photograph: Craig Foy/SNS Group

The equality and human rights commission is supporting Rico Quitongo in a landmark race discrimination claim against his former club, Airdrieonians. An employment tribunal hearing is expected to take place in the coming months, in what marks the EHRC’s first case in Scotland since its setting up of a race discrimination fund in late 2021.

Quitongo claims he was the victim of racial harassment and victimisation after an alleged case of racist abuse from one of the club’s supporters at a League One game against Queen’s Park last September.

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