Tag: Jamal Khashoggi

Feb 2021. Saudi Prince ordered the Khashoggi Killing

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved of an operation to capture or kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in 2018, according to a declassified US intelligence assessment. Mr Khashoggi, a US resident who wrote opinion columns for the Washington Post critical of the crown prince’s policies, was killed and dismembered by a team… Continue reading Feb 2021. Saudi Prince ordered the Khashoggi Killing

Jan 2021. Request to Declassify the Khashoggi Report

The Biden administration will declassify an intelligence report into the murder by the Saudi government of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to Avril Haines, who has been nominated to serve as director of national intelligence. The decision means that the US is likely to officially assign blame for Khashoggi’s brutal murder to the kingdom’s de facto… Continue reading Jan 2021. Request to Declassify the Khashoggi Report

Sep 2020. Saudi overturns Death Sentence on Jamal Khashoggi killing

A Saudi court has overturned five death sentences over dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing, a final ruling in the case that saw the Washington Post columnist killed and dismembered by a Saudi hit squad. The court on Monday handed 20-year sentences to five people and three others were sentenced to between seven to 10 years, state media reported. The… Continue reading Sep 2020. Saudi overturns Death Sentence on Jamal Khashoggi killing

Mar 2020. The Khashoggi Killing

March 2020. The dissident Saudi writer was killed in his country’s Istanbul consulate in 2018. But the Turkish case is unlikely to come to trial. Turkish officials on Wednesday announced the indictments of 20 Saudi nationals on charges of murder and incitement to murder in the killing of the dissident writer Jamal Khashoggi, concluding their… Continue reading Mar 2020. The Khashoggi Killing