F1 faces pressure over rights ahead of Bahrain Grand Prix
Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain drives during the third practice session of the Bahrain F1 Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, south of Manama April 5, 2014. — Reuters pic
Yousif opposed Formula One’s decision to hold races in Bahrain on social media over the kingdom’s rights records. A March 4 response from Formula 1 general counsel Sacha Woodward Hill said F1 was “assured that Ms Yousif’s detention, the charges she faced, her trial and her subsequent conviction had nothing to do with the peaceful protest around the Bahrain Grand Prix”—a statement dismissed by rights groups as “absurd”.
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