The former leader of Pink Floyd was warned by Justice after comments he made in Uruguay that were considered anti-Semitic. The DAIA filed an appeal to suspend its two shows in Argentina.
Despite the controversies and complications before arriving in the country, Roger Waters is already in Argentina and will give tonight the first of the two recitals he has planned at the Monumental Stadiumalthough Justice ordered him to refrain from discriminatory anti-Semitic acts or expressions.
The judicial decision came after the appeal for protection presented by the Delegation of Argentine Israeli Associations (DAIA), where they asked to suspend the two concerts. However, both functions will take place normally and will have the presence of the anti-discrimination prosecutor of the City of Buenos Aires, Andrea Scangaattend both functions “to monitor and eventually act if Waters violates the law“, they reported in a press release.
The DAIA presented a precautionary measure against Roger Waters
The precautionary measure of the DAIA arose from considering that the former leader of pink floyd had “anti-Semitic expressions and messages” during the show he gave in Montevideo last Friday.
“The DAIA presented an amparo before the Justice with a request for a precautionary measure requesting the suspension of Roger Waters recital scheduled to take place in Buenos Aires today for its anti-Semitic expressions and messages during his presentation at Montevideo, Uruguayon Friday, November 17,” says the first paragraph of the institution’s statement.
“The DAIA – he continues – repudiates, condemns and considers dangerous the anti-Semitic messages that the former leader of the band Pink Floyd he has been repeating in his public presentations. In addition to cast doubt on the terrorist massacre committed by Hamas on October 7 ensuring that it was an invention of Israelduring the show at Uruguay “He insulted the president of the Jewish Community of Uruguay and accused Israel of murdering the Palestinian people.”
The episode mentioned in the statement refers to the moment between songs during the recital that the artist gave at the Centenario Stadium, in which he spoke specifically of the president of the Central Israelite Committee of Uruguay: “I want to say a special good night to Mr. Roby Schindlerwho is the leader of some Israeli organization here and made me ban on the beautiful hotels in your city. So Roby, fuck you!“said Waters, who added that while the show was taking place the Israeli government was “murdering the Palestinian people in Gaza.”
“Without a doubt, Roger Waters promotes hate speech and his conduct violates the Anti-Discrimination Lawa valuable legislation that governs the Argentine Republic that was promoted by the DAIA,” closes the statement from the Argentine Israeli organization.
Source: Ambito
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