WWE will host the first-ever women's wrestling match on Saudi Arabian soil on Thursday, suggesting social change. But the country has been accused of detaining and torturing women's rights activists.
World Wrestling Entertainment has been accused of helping Saudi Arabia"sportswash" its"dire human rights record" by promoting what it says is the first-ever women's match on Saudi Arabian soil on Thursday.Wednesday it will host a wrestling match between Natalya and Lacey Evans, two of its female wrestlers, at theevent in Riyadh.
However, leading non-profit human rights organization Amnesty International says Thursday's fight is an attempt to"sportswash" Saudi Arabia's checkered human rights record, which includes the reported detention and torture of women's rights activists."Sportswashing," as defined by a recent, refers to authoritarian regimes using major sporting events to manipulate how they are perceived by international communities and deflect from their human rights records.
"WWE's first-ever women's match taking place in Riyadh is a prime example how the Saudi Arabian authorities are using elite sports to try to 'sportswash' their dire human rights record and image internationally," Dana Ahmed, Saudi Arabia researcher at Amnesty, told
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