Conclusions related to my investigation, and then i hope good morning, thank you for the introduction. Its a pleasure for me to be here today i think you have, over the last week, been bombarded with information about the killing of mr. Khashoggi and what have pursued and i think its important to highlight a few dimensions of it. The killing of mr. Khashoggi was an extraordinary event. Unfortunately, a fairly common event. Its common because many journalists and human rights defenders around the world are the object of targets of killings, intentional killings. Indeed theres enough evidence to highlight the fact that those killings are not decreasing, but are increasing, in spite of many efforts to stop them. There is also evidence that those killings are usually met with impunity. It is also an extraordinary killing because of the nature and circumstances of the execution of mr. Khashoggi. Its a brazen act and an active state. My investigation sought to determine whether or not ash to
Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining me. I am the director of the center for middle east policy at the Brookings Institution and i would like to welcome you again. To a very special event today and a full house. This is not the first event in washington on this general topic and i think it is a fair question to ask why . Why are we focusing on the murder of one individual . That is a topic that will come up in our discussion today, of course. I think two points are worth pointing out first. Brookings has a quaint notion that fact matter. We still believe that. It is controversial, but we do. We think norms might matter or perhaps should matter. That is more open to debate on which norms and when. I could not think of a better event to shed light on some of the facts of what became a very large and very important event. Jamal khashoggi was known to many people in washington and Jamal Khashoggi was known to many people in washington and many people here and abroad. His murder in t
Thank you for joining us both here in washington and on cspan. Of middle eastr policy here at the brookings institution. On behalf of the center of the brookings institution, i want to welcome you. We have a special event. We have a full house. This is not the first event in washington on this general topic. I think its a fair question to ask why. Why are we still on the murder of one individual . Thats a topic that will come up in our discussion today, of course. Two points are worth pointing out. First, brookings has a quaint notion that facts matter. We still believe that. Its controversial, but we do. We also think norms might matter or should matter. That is more open for debate on which norms and when. In that sense, i couldnt think of a better event to shed light on some of the facts of what became a very large, very important event. Jamal khashoggi was known to many people in washington and was, in this building many times and was in this building many times. He was known to pe
Brookings institution large to my want to welcome you again. We have a special event and a full house to boot. This is not the first event in washington on this general topic and it is a fair question to ask why, why are we focusing on the murder of one individual . That is the topic that will come up in our discussion today. I think two points are worth pointing out first area and perhaps even right here ive said this here. Brookings has a quaint notion that facts matter. It is controversial, but we do and we think that norms might matter or should matter. That is perhaps more open for debate on which norms and when and i cannot think of a better event to shed light on some of the facts of what became a large important event. Jamal khashoggi was known to many people. He was in this holding many times and known too many people here and abroad. His murdered true more attention than others, it is fair to say. Important also had implications for International Law, for interNational Norms,
Whether by cspan or in the room with us. My name is natan sachs, and i am the director of the center for middle east policy at the Brookings Institution and on behalf of the center, the Brookings Institution large, i want to welcome you again. We have a special event and a full house to boot. This is not the first event in washington on this general topic , and i think it is a fair question to ask why, why are we focusing on the murder of one individual . I think that is the topic that will come up in our discussion today, of course. I think two points are worth pointing out at first, and perhaps even right here ive said this here before. Brookings has a quaint notion that facts matter. It is controversial, but we do. And we think that norms might matter or should matter. Perhaps more open for debate on which norms and when. In that sense, i cannot think of a better event to shed light on some of the facts of what became a large important event. Jamal khashoggi was known to many people