Published date: 1 March 2021 23:35 UTC | Last update: 1 week 3 days ago
Any hopes Saudi authorities and the Biden administration may have had of putting the murder of Jamal Khashoggi behind them are proving to be way off the mark following Friday s release of a long-awaited US intelligence report about his killing.
Far from placating the kingdom s critics, the release of the official US assessment that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved Khashoggi s murder has emboldened human rights groups that had pushed for the report to be made public.
An array of advocacy organisations are working closely with key lawmakers on efforts to sanction the king-in-waiting and press for deep reforms in the kingdom while also pursuing legal action in US courts.
US must hold Mohammed bin Salman accountable for Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, rights groups say
Representatives of Human Rights First, PEN America, POMED, CPJ and others gather in front of the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, DC, 2 October 2019, to remember Jamal Khashoggi, OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images In response to the release of a U.S. congressional report identifying Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as having ordered the operation against journalist Jamal Khashoggi, rights groups call on the Biden administration to impose sanctions on the prince, and suspend arms sales.
This statement was originally published on pen.org on 26 February 2021.
February 26, 2021
POMED, Human Rights First, PEN America, Committee to Protect Journalists Respond to ODNI Report on the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi
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WASHINGTON – The Project on Middle East Democracy, Human Rights First, PEN America, and the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following joint statement in response to the U.S. government release of a declassified version of the congressionally mandated report on who was responsible for the murder of Saudi journalist and Virginia resident Jamal Khashoggi:
The Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED), Human Rights First, PEN America, and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) welcome the release of the Director of National Intelligence’s (DNI) declassified report detailing responsibility for the murder of Saudi journalist and
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Ban U.S. foreign aid to government entities that violate journalists human rights and levy sanctions on individuals and foreign leaders who do the same.
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More than two years have passed since Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and dismembered at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Jamal’s work as a journalist, his advocacy for democratic reforms and the brutality of his death have served as a clarion call for people around the world who believe in the values of freedom, justice, and truth.
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By EDITORIAL BOARD, Star Tribune February 22, 2021 5:34pm Text size Copy shortlink:
In 2018, the brutal murder and dismemberment of dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi became the most noted example of the extraordinary perils many media members face.
Tragically, Khashoggi s killing was hardly unique: A growing global attack on journalists and by extension the truth has claimed more than 2,658 lives over the last 30 years, according to the International Federation of Journalists. Scores more have been jailed, or assaulted, or been threatened or harassed.