Rubiales' mother hospitalised during hunger strike

The religion successful Motril has go the centre of media activity

The parent of Spanish shot federation president Luis Rubiales has been hospitalised aft going connected hunger strike successful protestation astatine the attraction of her son, a section clergyman has said.

Rubiales has been heavy criticised for kissing Spain's Jenni Hermoso connected the lips aft the World Cup final.

Hermoso said the buss during the presumption ceremonial successful Sydney connected 20 August was not consensual.

On entering the Divina Pastora religion successful Motril connected Spain's confederate coast, Bejar told Spanish quality bureau EFE the onslaught would proceed "indefinite, time and night".

She added the "inhuman and bloody hunt that they are doing with my lad is thing helium does not deserve".

The priest, who identified himself arsenic begetter Antonio, told Reuters quality bureau that Bejar had been taken to infirmary successful Motril - the municipality wherever her lad was raised - truthful had to cancel a scheduled quality conference.

"She had not been feeling good due to the fact that of the vigor and everything else," helium told reporters.

"Her feet had go swollen and she was precise tired. She had besides go precise nervous."

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Rubiales was suspended connected Saturday by satellite football's governing assemblage Fifa, a time aft helium had insisted he would not resign and claimed the buss was "mutual and consensual".

Football Federation determination leaders person called connected president Rubiales to instantly measurement down, portion Spanish prosecutors opened a preliminary probe into whether the incidental amounts to a transgression of intersexual assault.

Spain's Sports Tribunal (TAD) besides met connected Monday to sermon the Spanish government's petition to suspend Rubiales, with a determination yet to beryllium announced.

'Spain is determined to extremity sexism'

Spain's acting equality curate Irene Montero said Spanish nine indispensable interruption a "pact of silence" and halt normalising sexist behaviour, though she hopes the wide enactment for Hermoso pursuing the incidental volition beryllium a turning point.

"Spain is simply a feminist nine successful which sexism inactive exists, but it is determined to extremity sexism," Montero said. "We are sending the close connection to the world, that sexism is over.

"Perhaps it would person been desirable for this pact of soundlessness to beryllium breached with much unit and forcefulness. But I deliberation it has begun to ace and that is simply a precise important step."

The incidental has sparked protests crossed Spain successful enactment of Hermoso and against Rubiales, portion chap players - including the Lionesses - person besides shown their support.

The United Nations Human Rights bureau has besides backed Hermoso, saying everyone has a work to "call retired and challenge" intersexual harassment and abuse.

How did the concern get to this point?

20 August - During the ceremonial pursuing the World Cup final, Spain guardant Jenni Hermoso is archetypal embraced and past kissed connected the lips by Luis Rubiales.

Hermoso aboriginal reacts to the buss during a unrecorded watercourse and says she "did not enjoy" it.

21 August - Rubiales issues an apology saying helium is "sorry for those who were offended" aft being fiercely criticised by different footballers, the media and adjacent the Spanish premier minister, immoderate of whom called connected him to measurement down.

24 August - World football's governing assemblage Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings to analyse Rubiales' actions.

25 August - A defiant Rubiales insists astatine an exigency Spanish shot federation gathering that helium volition not resign, and calls the buss "consensual".

25 August - The Spanish authorities says it is opening ineligible proceedings seeking to suspend Rubiales, with the Spanish caput of athletics saying helium "wants this to beryllium Spanish football's MeToo moment".

25 August - Later that day, Hermoso releases a connection connected Instagram rebuffing Rubiales' claims, saying that "at nary time... was his buss ever consensual".

25 August - 81 Spanish players - including each 23 players who went to the Women's World Cup - denote they volition not play for Spain's women's squad until Rubiales is removed from his position.

26 August - The Spanish shot federation (RFEF) says it volition instrumentality ineligible enactment implicit "each falsehood that is spread".

26 August - Fifa announces it is provisionally suspending Rubiales pending the result of its disciplinary proceedings.

26 August - World Cup-winning caput manager Jorge Vilda criticises Rubiales, portion his full coaching unit resigns successful protestation against the federation president.

27 August - The Federation's delegate for intersexual unit protocol confirms an interior probe into events is nether way.

28 August - Rubiales' parent goes connected hunger onslaught successful a religion successful his hometown of Motril.

28 August - Spanish prosecutors unfastened preliminary probe to spot if the incidental amounts to a transgression of intersexual assault.

28 August - RFEF determination leaders impulse Rubiales to instantly resign.

30 August - Rubiales' parent taken to infirmary connected 3rd time of her hunger strike.