UK MPs have urged Formula 1 to set up an independent inquiry into the links between grands prix and human rights violations. The Bahrain race is one of a number of grands prix in countries which have been highlighted by human rights groups as guilty of human rights abuses. Human rights groups accuse regimes in countries such as Saudi Arabia of using global sporting events to distract from their record of abuses and lend them an air of legitimacy. “F1 must establish an independent and impartial inquiry to examine the role of their races in human rights violations, and the FIA must adopt a human rights policy consistent with UN principles.

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