Event Summary: “Racing for Rights in the Post-Ecclestone Era”
6 April 2017 – Does Formula 1 bear responsibility when citizens suffer in the countries they race in? What can they do, and what are
6 April 2017 – Does Formula 1 bear responsibility when citizens suffer in the countries they race in? What can they do, and what are
6 April 2017 – The Formula 1 Grand Prix in Bahrain should be cancelled unless it can uphold its human rights commitments, say human rights
5 April 2017 – UK Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Saudi Arabia yesterday to begin a two-day visit to discuss security, trade, and investment
3 April 2017 – Bahraini military courts may now try civilians, under a constitutional amendment passed into law today by the King of Bahrain. The amendment was
On 30 March 2017 Anti-war protesters attempted to conduct a citizen’s arrest of Saudi Arabia’s Major General Ahmed Asiri, who is in London today.
29 March 2017 – Over the last three months, the Government of Bahrain has intensified restrictions on inmates at Jau Prison, the country’s largest long-term
29 March 2017 – Bahrain today sentenced two to death and deprived eight of their citizenship today. There are now 14 individuals on death row in
27 March 2017 – Bahraini security forces attacked the funeral procession of Mustafa Hamdan with tear gas and shotgun bullets, injuring those gathered. We, the
24 March 2017 – Mustafa Hamdan, 18, died this morning at the Salmaniya Medical Complex, two months after security forces shot him in head and
23 March 2017 – The Fifth High Criminal Court in Bahrain today sentenced scholar and activist Khalil al-Halwachi to 10 years in prison. The government