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Silencing Journalists
In many countries, jailing journalists for doing their jobs has become the new normal, says the Committee to Protect Journalists. Oppressive regimes arrest reporters to silence criticism or retaliate for their work. A leading Saudi Arabian dissident journalist was brutally murdered in October 2018, on orders of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to the CIA.
Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was reportedly killed and dismembered when he entered the Saudi Consulate in Turkey in 2018 to obtain proof of his divorce. Khashoggi's death prompted global outrage. He was a prominent critic of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who the CIA says ordered the killing. |