Bahrain Grand Prix: Human rights group writes to F1 about 'ongoing concerns' over 'sportswashing' | CNN

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A prominent human rights group has written to Formula One CEO Stefano Domenicali to raise serious concerns over what it claims is the sport’s ongoing role in “sportswashing” ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix

. The new season gets underway in Bahrain on March 5, ahead of which the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy has urged F1 and the FIA, motorsport’s governing body, not to “sportswash the blood-soaked images” of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, which hosts a race on March 19. “Sportswashing” refers to governments using high-profile sporting events to project a favorable image of their country around the world, often to draw attention away from alleged wrongdoing.

” The FIA, motorsport’s governing body told CNN it “cannot interfere in the internal affairs of a sovereign state.” “The FIA, as is the case with other international sporting federations, cannot interfere in the internal affairs of a sovereign state,” said an FIA spokesperson in a statement on Monday.

 

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Are you also going after NBA on China? A far more visible relationship given China such a blatant wrong doer!

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