Tag Archives: Jamal Khashoggi

A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a social media activist to more than a dozen years in prison. Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), a US-based rights group created by murdered Saudi dissident and the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi to promote democracy, human rights and the rule …

A Turkish court suspend the trial of Saudi suspects over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi and transferred it to Saudi Arabia. The decision was expected after the prosecutor called last week for the trial in absentia of 26 Saudi suspects to be transferred from Istanbul to Riyadh. The justice minister …

 Human rights groups condemned Jamal Khashoggi murder trial move to Saudi Arabia saying this country could not be expected to hold a fair trial. Khashoggi’s killing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul four years ago grabbed headlines worldwide and strained ties between the two regional powers, leading to an unofficial Saudi boycott …

Saudi human rights activist has said she has receives death threats and having her emails hacked. Speaking to The Independent in an exclusive interview, Alya Alhwaiti said she believes the regime of Saudi Arabia‘s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wants to take her “head off”. The 36-year-old, who in 2005 became the first …

Reporters without Borders charges Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his accomplices with crimes against humanity for murdering Jamal Khashoggi and persecuting/torturing other Saudi journalists.  Reporters Without Borders lawyer Paul Coppin talks about the 500-page complaint he has filed with a German court detailing the savage and inhuman treatment of Saudi journalists ordered by Prince Bin Salman and …

Reporters Without Borders announced in a statement that it had sued Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi and the detention of journalists. The complaint was filed in a court in the German city of Karlsruhe dealing with major international crimes, the statement said. Reporters …

The Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, approved an operation to capture or kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, United States intelligence agencies concluded. The four-page report confirmed the long-suspected view that the 35-year-old prince had a personal hand in the violent murder of …

The fiancée of Saudi critic and journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in October 2018 at the Saudi consulate in Turkey, has sued the Saudi Crown Prince for his involvement in the assassination of his fiancé.

Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the kingdom’s de facto ruler, has not spoken publicly about the killing inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The CIA and some Western governments have said he ordered it, but Saudi officials say he had no role. The death sparked a global uproar, tarnishing the crown …