Amnesty International has called for a meeting with the Premier League chief executive, Richard Masters, over the controversial takeover of Newcastle United.
Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty’s chief executive, has asked for the opportunity to discuss amending the Premier League’s owners’ and directors’ test to incorporate clauses that protect human rights.
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The takeover of Newcastle by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, has raised questions over the possibility of sportswashing by a Saudi state whose record on human rights has previously been described by Amnesty as “atrocious”.