Global Sporting Events: Battlegrounds for Human Rights
RSIS presents the following commentary Global Sporting Events: Battlegrounds for Human Rights by James M. Dorsey. It is also available online at this link . (To print it, click on this link .). Kindly forward any comments or feedback to the Editor RSIS Commentaries, at RSISPublication@ntu.edu.sg No. 089/2012 dated 28 May 2012 Global Sporting Events: Battlegrounds for Human Rights By James M. Dorsey Synopsis With the London Olympics less than two months away major global sporting events are increasingly proving to be Middle Eastern battlegrounds for human rights rather than an expensive way for countries to boost their prestige and sense of national pride. Commentary Flashy, high-profile events in the Middle East like the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Formula-1 in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi and tennis championships in Dubai hav