CastleBravo45 t1_jeblbf0 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:42 PM

Reply to comment by MauricioPochettino in Breaking: Premier League clubs agree new rules that can see owners/directors disqualified for “human rights abuses, based on Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020” by dragon8811

How do you figure? None of the owners, nor PIF have comitted human rights abuses and dont appear on the UKs list.

prollyanalien t1_jebmb7u wrote on March 30, 2023 at 8:48 PM

Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is the chairman of the PIF; in November of 2018 the Central Intelligence Agency concluded that MBS had ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Despite the UK not putting MBS on the list for political reasons, it was absolutely a human rights abuse.

particle409 t1_jed5il7 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:36 AM

> MBS had ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

I'm just going to add some color to this, as people may not remember. This is the Washington Post reporter that was chopped up in a Saudi embassy in Turkey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Khashoggi

>Despite the UK not putting MBS on the list for political reasons

Not only is Saudi Arabia a key ally in regards to Western energy resources, but Jared Kushner may have greenlit the assassination. It would put the UK at odds with the Trump administration, not just the Saudi royal family.

haydesigner t1_jedy2gq wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:30 AM

There is no longer a Trump administration. He lost.

CastleBravo45 t1_jebqc5i wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:14 PM

Yasir Al-Rumayyan is the governor of the PIF and Chairperson at Newcastle. MBS is not on Newcastles board, so how would Newcastle get sanctioned? Its unclear how much control MBS actually exerts over the PIF.

prollyanalien t1_jebro3i wrote on March 30, 2023 at 9:23 PM

In the PIF the governor serves under the chairman, and the chairman is the head of the organization. The PIF owns Newcastle, and the PIF is headed by MBS effectively making Newcastle’s owner MBS.

It would be like if Ratcliffe’s INEOS bought Manchester United and installed someone other than Ratcliffe as chairman of the board, nobody would be saying that Ratcliffe isn’t the owner of Manchester United despite him not being the chairman of the club.