Following on from our 2021 Saudi Sportswashing report, the level of investment and the obfuscation of that opera- tion has grown exponentially in the region. Sporting stars and brands that had previously shunned offers to play in Saudi due to human rights abuses, have now been enticed to rethink their moral standing and accept big money deals – even though those same human rights abuses continue and worsen to this day.
Our landmark review of the abuses of prisoners of conscience in the MBS-era
“Repression and intimidation are not – and never should be – the acceptable companions of reform.” JAMAL KHASHOGGI, SAUDI JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR (1958-2018)
