NEWS & PRESS RELEASES

The Saudi Arabian Private Investment Fund is reportedly making more moves in the sports market, offering $20 billion to acquire Formula 1, the popular Indy-Car type racing company, according to a Bloomberg report.

Posted on 15th July 2022 Grant Liberty Releases 2022 Report on Prisoners of Conscience in Saudi Arabia The annual report sheds light on political prisoners in Saudi Arabia who are being tortured and murdered London, United Kingdom (June 17, 2022) - Grant Liberty, a human rights organisation campaigning for the release of prisoners of [ read more ]

Posted on 14th January 2022 Grant Liberty Secures Release of Saudi Princess Princess Basmah and her daughter Suhoud al-Sharif were released from detention in Saudi Arabia on 6th January 2022. After 1,042 days of arbitrary detention, both women finally walked free, their innocence vindicated. Grant Liberty has worked tirelessly with family members for this [ read more ]

Posted on 13th December 2021 Saudi Arabia Faces Accusations of ‘Sportswashing.’ For Young Saudis, It’s a Chance to Enjoy New Freedoms Standing in a luxury spectator stand on Saturday night, Abdullah Sarhan stared down at the newest track on the Formula 1 series, as the world’s top race-car drivers roared past in a [ read more ]

Posted on 1st December 2021 Disrupting golf: the Saudi-backed plan to shake up the sport We estimate that Saudi has invested $1.5bn on sport in recent years, all “to wash away the stench of murder and brutality that hangs over the MBS regime”. Read more on ft.com [ read more ]

Posted on 16th November 2021 Saudi’s Mohammed bin Salman to build world’s first ‘non-profit city’ Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has announced he will build the world’s first “non-profit city” designed as a hub for education and charities, which he will name after himself. Read more on thetimes.co.uk [ read more ]

Posted on 8th October 2021 Relatives of persecuted Saudis urge Newcastle Utd fans and players to support human rights Family members of imprisoned Saudi Arabians today called on Newcastle United supporters and men and women players to lobby the club’s new owners to uphold human rights. UK-based Abdullah al Ghamdi and Areej Al Sadhan [ read more ]

Posted on May 2021 New Activist Crackdown After Biden Let’s MBS off the Hook – new analysis New analysis, published in a report from Grant Liberty, reveals the incredible $1.5bn scale of the Saudi sports-washing programme as the regime seeks to use the glamour of elite sport to obscure its record of human rights [ read more ]

Posted on March 2021 See latest report SPORTS WASHING REVEALED: Saudi Arabia’s $1.5bn Sports-washing programme New analysis, published in a report from Grant Liberty, reveals the incredible $1.5bn scale of the Saudi sports-washing programme as the regime seeks to use the glamour of elite sport to obscure its record [ read more ]

Posted on February 2021 ‘Lionel Messi, stand up for human rights and say no to the butchers of Jamal Khashoggi and the brutalisers of peaceful campaigners in Saudi Arabia’ – family members of prisoners of conscience beg star to refuse Visit Saudi approach Family members of prisoners of conscience in Saudi Arabia have today [ read more ]