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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Formula 1 circus ignores human rights
The controversial Formula 1 race in Bahrain won't be called off despite the unrest in the country, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) announced today, Friday. There had been numerous calls for the race to be cancelled from organisations like Amnesty International. The whole discussion is just about money, not human rights, the liberal-conservative daily Corriere della Sera points out: "Bahrain yes or no? A year after the unrest the Arab Spring still hasn't ended in Bahrain, and perhaps never even began. ... The revolution is too serious a matter to allow the starting line to decide its fate. … No one is worried about human rights in Bahrain or any other country; wouldn't they hold the race in China or Malaysia? But the teams are worried about having to pay high contractual penalties for a boycott, while the Sheik of Manama is anxious about his investment in the McLaren drivers."
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Palestine's hopes on the back burner
Following US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Israel last weekend the Israeli government under Benjamin Netanyahu has stressed its willingness to resume peace talks with the Palestinians, but on its own terms, the liberal-conservative daily Corriere della Sera notes: "A year of historical speeches in Cairo and fruitless missions in Jerusalem [since US President Barack Obama took office]. A year for the realisation to dawn that everything has changed but nothing is changing. … The icy smile of Hillary Clinton telling us that freezing the settlement policy is no longer necessary is exactly the opposite of what was shown and said up to now. It puts the hopes of the Palestinians on ice and warms the hearts of the Israeli majority. … So what happens now with the poor man [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas]? Threatened by Hamas, which dreams of toppling him in the presidential elections in January, and abandoned by Washington, he has been driven into a corner."
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