UK

The Guardian reported this week that UK Athletics lost more than $1 million in one day when it hosted a Diamond League event in Birmingham in 2022 and an additional $636,000 on the World Indoor tour in 2023.

Johnson had considered taking his series to London or Birmingham, England, this year but ultimately chose to stay in the U.S. and Caribbean, a decision to which UK Athletics, the governing body for track and field in the United Kingdom, did not object.

Human Rights Watch called the charges “dubious” and Gubad Ibadoglu's daughter has appealed to UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for help in getting her father released.

But Emin Huseynov thinks the international community has largely “given up” on this issue and cited the apparent silence from the UK government, in particular, compared with previous years when it publicly called out COP27 hosts Egypt on its human rights record.

Hearings have begun in the public inquiry, external scrutinising the UK's response to, and impacts of, the coronavirus pandemic.