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Formula One in Bahrain: A Distraction from Repression

February 28, 2025

For two decades, the host has been a staple of the Formula One calendar. But behind the glitz and speed of the race lies a troubling reality: Bahrain’s use of F1 to use its ongoing human rights abuses. The government leverages this high-profile sporting event to polish its international image,[...]

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In 2004, Formula 1 (F1) declared its Grand Prix races in Bahrain. Headlines were made as Bahrain hosted the first race of its kind in the Middle East. It was celebrated so much to be given the title for best organized grand prix by the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA).[...]

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February 20, 2025

15-year-old minor and school student AbdulAziz Husain AlHammadi was arrested by Bahraini authorities on 20 October 2024 from his home without a warrant. During his detention, he endured enforced disappearance, torture, denial of family contact and visits, denial of lawyer access, unfair trial, malnutrition, medical neglect, and deprivation of his[...]

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For two decades, the host has been a staple of the Formula One calendar. But behind the glitz and speed of the race lies a troubling reality: Bahrain’s use of F1 to use its ongoing human rights abuses. The government leverages[...]

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Formula One in Bahrain: A Distraction from Repression

For two decades, the host has been a staple of the Formula One calendar. But behind the glitz and speed of the race lies a troubling reality: Bahrain’s use of F1 to use its ongoing human rights abuses. The government leverages this high-profile sporting event to polish its international image,[...]

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Formula One in Bahrain: A Distraction from Repression

Formula One in Bahrain: A Distraction from Repression

F1 & the issue of sportswashing: what can be done?

F1 & the issue of sportswashing: what can be done?

Profile in Persecution: AbdulAziz Husain AlHammadi

Profile in Persecution: AbdulAziz Husain AlHammadi

F1 & the issue of sportswashing: what can be done?

Profile in Persecution: AbdulAziz Husain AlHammadi

Discrimination Against Migrant Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia: Passport Confiscation and Denial of Citizenship

F1 & the issue of sportswashing: what can be done?

Profile in Persecution: AbdulAziz Husain AlHammadi

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Formula One in Bahrain: A Distraction from Repression

Formula One in Bahrain: A Distraction from Repression

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Profile in Persecution: AbdulAziz Husain AlHammadi

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Who Holds Bahrain’s Torture Princes Accountable?

Jau Prison Developments: Escalating Tensions Signal Worse Days Ahead!

#UnmuteSaudiVoices: Open Letter to Saudi King and Crown Prince to take action and stop the repression of the civic space

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Profile in Persecution: Mohammed Isa Khatam

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Women’s Right to Education in the GCC: Progress & Challenges

Profile in Persecution: Yousif Fadhel AlTooq

Human Rights For Disabled People In Saudi Arabia

Profile in Persecution: Ali Husain Matrook Abdulla

Freedom of Religion for Shia and Other Minorities in Saudi Arabia

The systematic exploitation of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia: The Plight of East African Migrants in Saudi Arabia

Assessing the domestic migrant workers’ rights in the United Arab Emirates in relation to the other GCC countries

Bahrain Updates: Rising Tensions In Jau Prison Amid Systematic Exclusion of Political Prisoners from the National Day Royal Pardon

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