Press Conference: F1’s Troubling 20 Year Legacy of Sportswashing in Bahrain
London – On Monday, 26 February, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) hosted a press conference marking “20 Years of F1 Sportswashing in
London – On Monday, 26 February, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) hosted a press conference marking “20 Years of F1 Sportswashing in
F1 told to “meet victims” and use “all available leverage” to demand the release of political prisoners in Bahrain Ahead of the commencement of the
90 European legislators have written to FIA President, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, to raise concerns that the FIA and F1 are “actively facilitating sportswashing in
27 NGOs have written to Formula 1 (F1) CEO, Stefano Domenicali, to raise human rights concerns ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend;
25 March 2021 – A coalition of 61 cross-party UK parliamentarians have written to new F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali urging him to “establish an independent
(London) 10 March 2021 – Bahrain police beat children arrested in protest-related cases in February 2021 and threatened them with rape and electric shocks, the
30 UK cross-party parliamentarians have sent a letter to the CEO of Formula One, Chase Carey, urging him to leverage Bahrain into respecting human rights
18 leading rights groups and trade unions sent a joint-letter to Formula One (F1) CEO Chase Carey urging F1 to act on human rights abuses
29 October 2019 – Formula One has written to Lib Dem peer Lord Scriven to say they will raise the case of abused activist Najah
9 October 2019 – Liberal Democrat Peer, Lord Scriven has accused Formula One of complicity in the “prolonged and arbitrary detention” of Bahraini activist Najah