Berlin: German politicians have slammed Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich for playing a friendly match in Saudi Arabia during their winter training camp amidst human rights violations in the Arabic state.

German league leaders Bayern beat Riyadh's Al-Hilal 4-1 in a one-off friendly on Saturday on the way back to Munich following their winter training camp in Qatar. But Bayern have been criticised for visiting Saudi Arabia amidst on-going human rights violations, such as blogger Raif Badawi who has been sentenced to 1,000 lashings, in regular public floggings, for criticising Saudi Arabia's clerics.