{"id":39612,"date":"2021-05-14T11:56:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T10:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=39612"},"modified":"2021-05-14T11:56:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T10:56:09","slug":"beyond-the-back-page-lucy-rae-from-grant-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=39612","title":{"rendered":"Beyond The Back Page &#8211; Lucy Rae from Grant Liberty."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick was joined by Lucy Rae from the Human rights advocacy group Grant Liberty, to discuss a recent report her organisation commissioned which found that Saudi Arabia has spent at least 1.5 billion dollars on high profile global events in a bid to bolster its reputation.\u00a0 We heard about why Saudi Arabia is investing so much in sport and the range of sports it is involved in.\u00a0 Lucy chatted about some of human rights abuses that are happening in Saudi Arabia and the hopes that high profile sports personalities can make a stand on these issues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3124\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/beyondthebackpage-14-05-2021.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('3124','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/beyondthebackpage-14-05-2021.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/beyondthebackpage-14-05-2021.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=39612-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/beyondthebackpage-14-05-2021.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"beyondthebackpage-14-05-2021.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 16:13 &#8212; 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