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Saudi Arabia s treatment of critics is in the global spotlight at the moment, with a report written two years ago by the CIA released, indicating the Kingdom s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman approved an operation to capture or kill dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The report comes as news emerges of an Australian-Saudi dual citizen being detained in Morocco, facing extradition to Saudi Arabia on allegations he was involved in activism.
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Intelligence report on Khashoggi killing removes names of three suspects
A Turkish forensic police officer carries evidence packs while he leaves the Saudi Arabiain Consulate on 18 October 2018 in Istanbul. [OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images] March 1, 2021 at 2:39 pm
The long-awaited US intelligence report released last Friday about the Saudi government s role in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi has been taken down off the website of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) without explanation. It was replaced with another version that has removed the names of three people who were initially thought to have been complicit in the gruesome assassination over two years ago in Istanbul.
Joe Biden’s Pressure On Saudi Arabia Has High Stakes
Washington should have every interest in nurturing Riyadh’s current course, and ample reason to fear the potential consequences of nudging it in the opposite direction.
Last week, the White House decided to publicly release a long-suppressed intelligence report pinning the blame on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s
de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, for the 2018 death of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. On the heels of the disclosure, the U.S. Treasury Department leveled new sanctions against a slew of high-ranking individuals linked to the grisly killing (though, notably, not against the crown prince).
How the world reacted to US report implicating Saudi Crown Prince in Khashoggi murder
The vocal critic of Mohammed Bin Salman, Jamal Khashoggi was mysteriously murdered in the Saudi embassy in Istanbul, Turkey in October 2018
By Usama Hazari| Updated: 1st March 2021 9:00 pm IST Jamal Khashoggi.
Hyderabad: The latest U.S. intelligence report, which claimed that the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the operation to kill or capture journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has drawn reactions from across the world with several people calling for action against the Crown Prince.
A vocal critic of Mohammed Bin Salman, Jamal Khashoggi was mysteriously murdered in the Saudi embassy in Istanbul, Turkey in October 2018. The former advisor to the Saudi government and US-based journalist was living in a self-imposed exile since 2017.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki earlier told CNN that there are tools more effective than sanctions for the US to use against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin.