One of the world’s leading human rights organizations has spoken out against the decision to host the rematch between Oleksander Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia.
Amnesty International stated that it was “no surprise” that yet another major international sports event was set to take place in the kingdom, though added it was time for athletes to use this as an opportunity to speak up on human rights issues.
“As we said with golfers in the LIV series and with the sale of Newcastle United, we’d like to see high-profile sporting figures speaking out about human rights to break the malign spell of Saudi sportswashing,” said Peter Frankel, economic affairs director at Amnesty International UK.