UEFA have given the "green light" to racism following their call NOT to punish Sparta Prague for their fans' booing of Glen Kamara.
The Rangers star's lawyer has blasted the decision from European football's governing body which came to light on Friday afternoon.
The Finnish midfielder was booed on his every touch by a 10,000-strong crowd of schoolkids in the Czech capital last month.
It came just months after Slavia Prague defender Ondrej Kudela was punished with a 10-match ban for racially abusing Kamara at Ibrox.
One young supporter was even spotted holding a "team Kudela" sign inside the stadium.
However, Uefa announced the Czech side would face no punishment as they concluded there was "insufficient evidence" of racism on the night.
Now, Aamer Anwar has accused UEFA of being a "joke" as he insisted their decision would only lead to more racist abuse in future.
He told the Daily Record: "It’s hardly surprising from a joke of a body that can’t even renew a contract with FARE for independent observers to monitor racism.
"I suspect that yet again this lack of action by Uefa will be a green light for more racist bile to spew forth, followed by politicians either demanding meetings with our ambassador or maybe some jokers might even want to ‘declare war’ and have me extradited.
"It’s clear that there are those in the Czech Republic who believe they live in a society completely free from racism.
"Sadly recent events have shown that is simply not the case. The behaviour of both of these clubs has just exposed the tip of the iceberg."
Uefa carried out their own investigation of the accusations following last month's game.
It came after Rangers boss Steven Gerrard called on them to do more to combat racism in football.
However, announcing their decision not to take any further action, Uefa said: "The investigation has now concluded that there was insufficient evidence of racism or discriminatory conduct at the match to warrant the opening of disciplinary proceedings against AC Sparta Praha."
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