Human rights campaigners have urged Formula One management to cancel next week's Bahrain Grand Prix nike air max 2019 pas cher , accusing the country's rulers of using the race to "whitewash" abuses and improve their image abroad.


Bahrain's biggest sporting event is watched by a worldwide audience of millions and has been held since 2004, with the exception of 2011 when violent civil unrest forced its cancellation.


"Concerted and visible action is now required from Formula One, consistent with its commitment to human rights," the groups said in a letter to Formula One Chairman Chase Carey and the two managing -directors Sean Bratches and Ross Brawn.


"We call on you to suspend this year's race in view of the alarming situation in the country."


The letter, also addressed to the chief executive of F1 sponsor Heineken, was sent by the Gulf Center for Human Rights nike air max 270 femme rose , Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, Article 19 and Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain.


Activists recognized privately, after a media briefing, that they did not expect the call to be heeded.


Bahrain, a former British protectorate and the US Navy's main outpost in the Gulf region, has stepped up a crackdown on the opposition nike air max 270 femme pas cher , banning the -al-Wefaq party and arresting several prominent activists.


The Sunni Muslim-ruled kingdom accuses Iran, a Shi'ite Muslim theocracy across the Gulf, of radicalizing and arming some members of its Shi'ite majority population. Three Shi'ite men were executed in January after being convicted of killing three policemen.


Formula One, criticized for holding races in countries accused of abuses against government opponents, published a commitment in 2015 to respect "internationally recognized human rights in its operations globally."


Formula One is now owned by US-based Liberty Media, which took over the sport in January and ousted Bernie Ecclestone as commercial supremo.


Ecclestone nike air max 270 homme blanche , 86, told Reuters he would be in Bahrain for the race, the first he has attended since he ceased to run the show.


The campaigners' letter said Formula One would "become complicit" in human rights violations in Bahrain if the race was not canceled.


Activist Zainab al-Khawaja, who lives in Denmark after being arrested and released -several times in Bahrain, told reporters that the race raised the question.


"Does the world care about what's happening in Bahrain?" she said. "It [Formula One] is a message sent to the people of Bahrain that the world does not care.


"The government uses this event to whitewash and give a different picture of what's happening in the country."


SHANGHAI, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai procuratorate has begun to offer rights and obligations notifications in both Chinese and English for cases relating to intellectual property rights (IPRs).


Starting Friday nike air max 270 homme pas cher , procuratorates in the city will issue the new rights and obligations notifications to parties involved in IPR infringement cases.


Dozens of international brands, including Amore Pacific and Adidas, were shown the bilingual document on Friday, according to a spokesperson with the Shanghai Municipal People's Procuratorate.


In 2013, procuratorate bodies in Shanghai began to notify IRP victims of their rights and obligations within three days of IPR infringement cases being accepted.


The bilingual document will help the aggrieved parties better claim their rights and perform obligations and will address misunderstandings caused by inaccurate translation, said the spokesperson.


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DHAKA, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The successful implementation of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has played a vital role in maintaining prosperity and stability in Hong Kong over the past 20 years since Hong Kong returned to China, an expert here said.


On July 1, 1997 nike air max grossiste chine , the Chinese government resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, and Hong Kong returned to the embrace of the motherland and embarked on the broad road of common development with the Chinese mainland.


Enacted in accordance with China's Constitution, the Basic Law specifies the guidelines of "one country, two systems," and "Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong" with a high degree of autonomy.


Mahbubur Rashid, a senior journalist of The Financial Express nike air max pas cher femme , Bangladesh's well-known English financial daily, said the Basic Law has played a vital role over the past 20 years in maintaining prosperity and stability in the HKSAR.


He said it managed to serve the fundamental purposes of both safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests as well as maintaining Hong Kong's long-term prosperity and stability.


He said the coordinated and joint development of the HKSAR and the Chinese mainland not merely improved their overall competitiveness, but provided the world new experiences of cooperation between regions of different systems, thus enriching "one country, two systems."


"One country nike air max pas cher grossiste , two systems" is a basic state policy the Chinese government has adopted to realize the peaceful reunification of the country.


The policy has ensured Hong Kong's smooth return to the motherland on July 1, 1997, and at the same time, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was established and the Basic Law came into effect.


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