And then he just said the other day he knew more than the generals. Remember, especially when it comes to, i think compassionists, in the 60 minutes interview. Its not surprising. Yeah, we should point it out. Im glad that you pointed it out. But as you said, this is where we are right now. And thats from the president of the United States. Its just flabbergasting. Almost every single day seems to become more surreal and surreal, especially when you look at the facts, and then when you and i and others, when we put his own words on television, and they contradict each other. And then people say were being biased. Sorry if you think im biased by playing the president s own words. Thats what he said. Ill tell you what. Unfortunately, he is playing on fertile ground. When it comes to science, we have some really weird trending going on in this country. Did you know in the younger generation, one out of three in a recent poll said they are not completely convinced ready for this that the e
According to Pen America, a freedom of expression advocacy organization, in 2020, at least 273 writers, academics, and public intellectuals in 35 countries were in prison or unjustly held in detention in connection with their writing, their work, or related activism. It’s a considerable uptick from the organization’s estimate of at least 238 writers and public intellectuals in 2019. And the pandemic is in part to blame.
I m still in trauma : Khashoggi s fiancée on his brutal murder
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By: Matthew Campbell
The journalist s assassination by Saudi agents in their Istanbul consulate shocked the world and is the subject of a new documentary, The Dissident. Matthew Campbell speaks to his fianceé, Hatice Cenzig. The Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was smiling as he made his way towards his country s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on the afternoon of October 2, 2018. He was happy. He was in love. He was planning a wedding. Khashoggi, 59, and his Turkish fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, were looking forward to shopping that afternoon to furnish a new flat in which they would begin their life together. They planned to buy food for their wedding party, too, and Khashoggi wanted to find a dinner jacket.
President-elect Joe Biden must push the country to release its political prisoners.
By Abdullah Alaoudh
Dec. 30, 2020
President Trump was an unabashed supporter of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia.Credit.Doug Mills/The New York Times
On Monday, a court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, sentenced Loujain al-Hathloul, the Saudi activist, to five years and eight months in prison. Ms. al-Hathloul, who campaigned for the right of women to drive, was convicted of “trying to harm national security” and advancing “a foreign agenda.” She has already been in prison for two and a half years. A combination of time served and partial sentence suspension could lead to her release in a month or so.