This article outlines the public outcry against Saudi Arabia following mass executions and makes a case for F1 to boycott it race there.
and girlfriends half their ages. F1 signs contracts with countries whose human rights violations are absolutely unacceptable.
The men included 37 Saudi nationals who were found guilty in a single case for attempting to assassinate security officers and targeting police stations and convoys, the statement added. The country insists it protects its national security through its laws. The human rights atrocities endemic in Saudi Arabia cannot be seen as mutually exclusive from the spectacle that is Formula One.“Sportswashing” is a term that has been used frequently in recent years to describe how an individual, group, corporation, or nation-state uses sport to improve its reputation and public image. Saudi Arabia uses prestigious sports events to polish its public image on an international stage.
Saudi Arabia continues to draw the interest of major sports events and has invested millions in a Saudi International golf event and hosted some of the biggest boxing showdowns in recent memory. The kingdom has also hired the Boston Consulting Group to help lobby its interest in hosting a World Cup event in the not-so-distant future.
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