ADHRB Weekly Newsletter 44

ADHRB Files OECD Complaint against Formula One Activities in Bahrain

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Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain has engaged the services of Deighton Pierce Glynn solicitors in London to file a complaint against UK-based Formula One management, teams, and sponsors under the Guidelines of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).  The complaint alleges that the defendant organizations have no mitigated the human rights impact caused by holding the Forumla One Grand Prix race in the country.
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Arabic Articles
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Vali Nasr Presents “The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat”

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The Lost Spring: U.S. Policy in the Middle East and Catastrophes to Avoid