Bahrain Grand Prix under fire
Formula One organisers are "burying their heads in the sand" and putting the Grand Prix on in Bahrain ahead of human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch claimed.
F1 boss has 'no concerns' about Bahrain Grand Prix
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone rejected pleas for the Bahrain Grand Prix to be cancelled, saying he had "no concerns" that it would become a target for anti-government protesters.
Mr Ecclestone told Reuters last week that he believed the situation in Bahrain had improved.
"I haven't had any negative reports from anybody there," he said. "Somebody who actually lives there came to see me yesterday and said everything's very normal".
"I think they [both sides] are talking now anyway ... so I don't think they'll upset the talks by making protests", he added.
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Youths and police skirmish in Bahrain before Grand Prix
Bahrain police fired tear gas in clashes with rioting youths two days before the Formula One Grand Prix in the Gulf kingdom.
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Bahrain rulers defiant in face of F1 protests
The organisers of this Sunday's F1 Grand Prix in Bahrain have vowed that violent protests against the race will not stop it taking place.