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The burning of the American and British flags (stepping on the Israeli) and the image of Mohammed bin Salman in Gaza in protest of the announcement of Jerusalem as the capital of the Zionist regime- Desember 2017 العربية: حرق علم الولايات المتحدة وبريطانيا وصورة محمد بن سلمان في غزة احتجاجا على إعلان القدس عاصمة للنظام الصهيوني من قبل الرئيس الأمريكي دونالد ترامب- ديسمبر 2017. فارسی: آتش زدن پرچم آمریکا و انگلیس و تصویر محمد بن سلمان در غزه در اعتراض به اعلام قدس به عنوان پای�
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.
Ankara's silence following the declassification of a US intelligence report implicating the Saudi crown prince in journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing speaks to its own contradictions on the issue.
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
Published date: 27 February 2021 00:06 UTC | Last update: 3 weeks 5 days ago
The virtual ink on a US intelligence report blaming Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi had not dried when the Biden administration ruled out imposing sanctions on the crown prince - a move that rights groups say would be fundamental for ensuring justice for the slain journalist.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed on Friday that Washington will not take action against the crown prince himself.
The US State and Treasury departments had announced sanctions against dozens of Saudi individuals over their involvement in the Khashoggi murder and other rights violations without identifying them.