Saudi-owned LIV Golf “Sportswashes” Rights Abuses

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Golfers walk on the 16th hole during the LIV Golf Invitational at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia, October 16, 2022. © 2022 Chris Trotman/LIV Golf via Getty Images By Leila Saad, Research Assistant Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is attempting to “sportswash” the country’s egregious record of human rights violations through a new global golf tournament that begins later this month. The Saudi-funded LIV Golf’s 2023 tournament will kick off on February 24 in Mexico and then move to Arizona, Florida, Australia,…

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