New Formula One (F1) CEO Stefano Domenicali should “establish a commission of independent experts to investigate the human rights impact of F1’s activities in Bahrain” and take steps to compensate victims, in light of ongoing abuses linked to the Bahrain Grand Prix and growing international concern about ‘sportswashing’, 24 international NGOs and trade unions including Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain and the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), Human Rights Watch and the International Trade Union Confederation stated in an open letter sent yesterday.