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Less than two weeks after the release of an unclassified US intelligence report on the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, pressure continues to build in Washington for President Joe Biden to hold Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) accountable.
The widely anticipated report confirmed what many human rights groups, United Nations experts and US lawmakers had long argued: the crown prince approved the operation to “capture or kill” Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
But the Biden administration has said it would not directly sanction or impose a travel ban on MBS; instead, it said it plans to “recalibrate” – but not “rupture” – Washington’s relationship with Riyadh, a longtime strategic ally.
Spurious charges : Women s activist Loujain al-Hathloul appears before Saudi terror court
UN expert following trial says she is extremely alarmed by Hathloul s prosecution in terror court, which she says is based on false charges
Undated handout picture released on Facebook page of Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul shows her at beach (AFP/file photo) By Published date: 10 December 2020 23:02 UTC | Last update: 3 months 3 weeks ago
Imprisoned Saudi women s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul appeared before a Saudi terrorism court on Thursday as she faces what United Nations experts called spurious charges.
Hathloul, 31, was arrested in May 2018 with about a dozen other women activists just weeks before a historic lifting of a decades-long ban on female drivers.