Justin Bieber is facing growing calls to cancel his Saudi concert as the fiancee of Jamal Khashoggi joined a chorus of voices urging him to cancel.
“Please know that your invitation to participate in a concert in Jiddah comes directly from MBS, as the crown prince is known,” Cengiz wrote in her open letter to Bieber. “Nothing of significance happens in Saudi Arabia without his consent, and certainly not an event as important and flashy as this.”
, the company that owns Ticketmaster and promotes concerts for Bieber and other major stars. As Live Nation’s shares plummeted last year during COVID-19 lockdowns and the cancellation of thousands of shows, the Public Investment Fund bought $500 million worth of shares in the battered company. Human Rights Watch has also called on Bieber and the other performers to pull out of the F1 concerts in Saudi Arabia, saying these events are aimed at “sportwashing” by diverting attention and deflecting scrutiny from Saudi Arabia’s human rights record.Oscar winner Bryan Fogel “felt an obligation to make more stories that would have an impact on society,” so he chronicled the killing of a journalist.
Next month’s F1 race will be the first time Saudi Arabia hosts the premier sporting event, though the kingdom has hosted the lesser-known Formula-E race in past years in an effort to raise the country’s profile as a tourist destination.
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