rights is inconsistent with who we are and who i am. still, the saudis are rejoicing at the meeting, and president biden s presence there at all, despite his campaign pledge to make saudi arabia a, quote, pariah, over khashoggi s murder. president biden in fact greeted mbs, the country s de facto ruler, with a fist bump earlier today. neither leader answering questions from the press at the very start of their meeting. jamal khashoggi, will you apologize to his family, sir? thank you, guys. a reminder, according to president biden s own director of national intelligence, quote, we assess that saudi arabia s crown prince, muhammad bin salman, approved an operation in turkey to capture or kill saudi journalist jamal khashoggi, unquote. among the reasons for that assessment, the dni notes, among the murderous thugs who killed the washington post columnist and then chopped him up with a bone saw, were seven members of mbs quote elite personal protective detail, one tha
The Karnataka High Court on Monday sought to know from the Union Government, whether a convict is permitted to avail an advocate of his choice to represent him before the confirming authority in Saudi.
khashoggi s fiancee felt that way. what do you say to her? i hope to have a chance to talk with her directly. i know that senior white house officials did meet with her before this trip. and i think it is important that we listen to jamal khashoggi s widow, fiancee as you describe her, those in the journalism community, those in the saudi dissident and diaspora community who find this a profoundly offensive moment and are gravely concerned about what comes next. i do think that engagement with mbs at a moment when he was making a choice between leaning more towards the west or leaning far further towards russia and china, was a hard choice but one where i trust our president to sustain his commitment to human rights and to do the best thing he can in a tough circumstance. saudi activist lena who was on the show yesterday, she helped get her sister out of saudi prison.