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Ecclestone: F1 has a clear conscience in Baku

Formula One will race in Baku with a clear conscience this weekend, the sport's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said in response to questions about human rights in Azerbaijan. 'Absolutely. 100 percent,' he told reporters ahead of the European Grand Prix, the first to be held in what was once part of the Soviet Union. Various European bodies and human rights groups have accused Azeri President Ilham Aliyev of muzzling dissent and jailing opponents, charges that Baku denies. Rights groups including Amnesty International have also urged Ecclestone to call publicly for the freeing of all prisoners of conscience. 'The minute people tell me what human rights are, then you can have a look...
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