FIA disgraces F1 and Grand Prix with shameful acceptance of Bahrain’s brutality against Human Rights – Competitors to bid Boycott

June 3, 2011, 12:53 pm
Bahrain Grand Prix Approved Despite New Clashes
By ROBERT MACKEY
Activists in Bahrain said that this video was recorded during a protest on Friday in Sanabis, outside Bahrain’s capital, Manama.

Hours after Bahrain’s security forces again fired teargas at protesters on Friday, the World Motor Sport Council unanimously approved a decision to hold the Bahrain Grand Prix in October. The race was to have been held in March, but was postponed as the country struggled to come to grips with mass demonstrations against the government.

As video circulated online showing force being used against protesters chanting “Peaceful! Peaceful!” the governing body of Formula 1 racing issued a statement explaining that a fact-finding delegation had visited Bahrain on Tuesday “to assess the situation in the country.” The day after the racing officials left the country, Bahrain lifted martial law and protesters returned to the streets. …source