MotoGP Indonesian Street Circuit Slammed By UN Human Rights Violations Jalopnik 3 hrs ago © Photo: Mirco Lazzari gp (Getty Images)
The MotoGP signed a three-year deal to host a race in Indonesia back in 2019 only to have its plans postponed by COVID-19 but the series has announced it plans to stage a test at the Mandalika Street Circuit to prepare for a return to the track with the ultimate goal of arriving in March of 2022. And the United Nations has slammed that plan as a terrible one.
The Mandalika will take place on the Indonesian island of Lombok and is set to be part of a larger resort construction that will be pouring $3 billion into building hotels and a golf course. But to do so, the UN’s Olivier De Schutter revealed that the plan includes destroying houses, fields, water sources, and cultural and religious sites that mean a lot to the local community. And that community, as you have probably already guessed, is being threatened with eviction by force and without
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