AFC president’s FIFA presidential bid mired in abuse of human rights allegations

By James M. Dorsey

Assertions by Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, a candidate for the presidency of world soccer body FIFA, that he was not involved in the arrest and abuse of sports executives and athletes in his naïve Bahrain in 2011 raise more questions than answers.

Sheikh Salman whose rise in world so…