UAE: NBA Games Risk “Sportswashing” Abuses

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image The NBA logo at center court. © 2020 Mark J. Terrill/AP Photo (Beirut) – The National Basketball Association (NBA) is risking “sportswashing” the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) egregious human rights record by hosting its upcoming preseason games in Abu Dhabi, as part of the UAE government’s promotion of an image of openness, while failing to speak out about the government’s ongoing abuses, Human Rights Watch said today.The NBA is hosting two preseason games, on October 4 and 6, 2024, in Abu Dhabi. The UAE has a zero-tolerance policy toward dissent and…

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