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Oct 11, 2018 · The veteran Saudi journalist had a career dating back to the 1980s and was once a close aide to Saudi Arabia's former spy chief. So how did he become a target?
- Khashoggi’s Murder
- Ban on Arms Sales
- No ‘Credible Accountability’
- Targeting Dissidents
- Un Report: “Saudi Arabia Is Responsible’
- What’s Next?
Khashoggi, a contributing columnist for the Washington Post, was killed and dismembered at the Saudi consulate on October 2 when he arrived to pick up documents he needed for his planned marriage. The 59-year-old Saudi insider-turned-critic was strangled and his body cut into pieces by a team of 15 Saudis sent to Istanbul specifically to carry out ...
Khashoggi’s murder sparked debate worldwide about banning arms sales to Saudi Arabia, which emerged as the world’s largest arms importerfrom 2014-2018, accounting for 12 percent of imports. A number of European states had already stopped exporting weapons to Saudi Arabia – including Norway, Sweden, Austria, Greece, and the Belgian region of Walloni...
In January eleven suspects were indicted for Khashoggi’s murder in Saudi Arabia, which has insisted it will try the case and has refused the extradition of suspects to Turkey. But the UN human rights office questioned the fairnessof the Saudi trial, saying that it was “not sufficient” and called for a probe “with international involvement”. Last we...
The UN, human rights organisations and analysts have pointed out that Khashoggi’s murder is emblematic of a larger problem: the widespread Saudi crackdown on dissidents. A year before Khashoggi was killed, MBS told an aide he woulduse a bulleton the journalist if he did not return to Saudi Arabia and end his criticism of the government, according t...
There is “credible evidence” linking MBS to Khashoggi’s murder and the crown prince should be investigated, the UN rights expert concluded on June 19. In her report, UN extrajudicial executions investigator Callamard said Khashoggi’s death “constituted an extrajudicial killing for which the State of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is responsible”. Spea...
Hours after the release of Callamard’s investigation, a spokesman for UN chief Antonio Guterressaid he could only launch an inquiry with a mandate from “a competent intergovernmental body”. To pursue a criminal investigation that would oblige all countries to cooperate would require a UN Security Council resolution, he added. But Callamard said she...
Jul 8, 2021 · The story of how the Trump White House responded to dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s gruesome murder — and ultimately helped conceal the crime — is the subject of “Anatomy of a Cover ...
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- Michael Isikoff
On 2 October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident journalist, was killed by agents of the Saudi government at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. [4] [5] Khashoggi was ambushed and strangled by a 15-member squad of Saudi operatives. [6] [7] His body was dismembered and disposed of in some way that was never publicly revealed. [8] .
Oct 18, 2018 · Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi writer living in the U.S., disappeared in early October 2018. Here's a look back at the case, which began when the writer walked into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
Feb 24, 2021 · On 2 October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a US-based journalist and critic of Saudi Arabia's government, walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, where he was murdered. In the months that...
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Feb 26, 2021 · It answers none of the outstanding questions about Khashoggi’s assassination: Why did the Saudis kill Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate—the one building in Istanbul where no one could doubt...
