ADHRB Weekly Newsletter #437
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** Bahrain
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** Ahead of Bahrain Grand Prix 90 lawmakers slam F1 & FIA for “actively facilitating sportswashing” of Gulf human rights abuses
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On 16 March 2022, 90 politicians have Written ([link removed]) to President of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), Mohammed Ben Sulayem, stating that the FIA and Formula 1 (F1) are “actively facilitating sportswashing in Gulf countries” and their failure to raise abuses committed by Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE creates a “stark double standard” in comparison to the FIA’s position on the war in Ukraine, calling on the FIA to “apply the same moral standards” everywhere and adopt a human rights policy.
The letter comes days ahead of the F1 Gulf Air Grand Prix in Bahrain, with the following race set to take place in Saudi Arabia, and highlights the participation of Gulf states in the ongoing military campaign waging a “catastrophic” war in Yemen. Politicians commended Ben Sulayemen on the FIA’s s condemnation ([link removed]) of the Russian war in Ukraine, but called upon him to ensure that the FIA take a “public stance” on the 7-year-long war in Yemen too. The FIA was told to “publicly sympathise with these victims”, as they had done with victims in Ukraine
The letter’s signatories include members of the UK, EU, Spanish, French, Irish, Italian, and German parliaments, and was sent by Brendan O’Hara MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf.
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** Profile in Persecution
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** Mohamed AbdulJabbar Sarhan
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Mohamed AbdulJabbar Sarhan, was a 20-year-old first-year university student at the University of Bahrain before being arbitrarily detained in Dry Dock Detention Center, where he currently awaits his sentence.
Mohamed was arrested on 22 November 2021 at 3 a.m. by officers in civilian clothing and riot police. The forces raided his grandfather’s house without presenting a warrant, confiscating his deceased grandfather’s cars as well as 3 phones. After filming the raid and Mohamed’s arrest, the officers took him to the criminal investigation building.
At the CID, investigations forces tortured him to confess to the location of the weapons they claimed were in his possession although Mohamed insisted that he had not done anything. He was beaten on the face and all over his body. His genitals were cauterized, and he was sexually assaulted. The interrogation lasted 10 days and was held without the presence of Mohamed’s lawyer. The PPO repeatedly extended his pre-trial detention while he is being held at Dry Dock Detention Center.
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