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One year on, and still no justice for Jamal Khashoggi

World’s press continues to demand justice for Saudi journalist murdered in Turkey by operatives sent from the Kingdom and widely believed to be acting under orders of the country’s highest authority.

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Andrew Heslop

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2019-10-01 13:24

Jamal Khashoggi, 2019 WAN-IFRA Golden Pen of Freedom

The job of a journalist is to seek the truth, often putting one’s personal safety at risk. In October 2018, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi paid the ultimate price for his truth-seeking – with his life. The former author, columnist and dissident is this year’s Golden Pen of Freedom award winner for his perpetual quest to report on events about his homeland, regardless of the consequences.

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Andrew Heslop

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2019-05-29 21:57

Dave Callaway, World Editors Forum President, Golden Pen of Freedom Award Ceremony Speech, Glasgow, Scotland, 1 June 2019

“When I speak of the fear, intimidation, arrests and public shaming of intellectuals and religious leaders who dare to speak their minds, and then I tell you I’m from Saudi Arabia, are you surprised?”

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Andrew Heslop

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2019-05-28 13:59

World’s Press Demands Answers in Jamal Khashoggi Death

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum (WEF) call on Saudi Arabia to provide immediate answers in the case of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared after a supposedly routine visit to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on 2 October and has since been confirmed dead.

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Andrew Heslop

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2018-10-20 00:04

World’s Press Condemns Journalist Deaths

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum call for immediate inquiries into the death of Bulgarian journalist, Viktoria Marinova, and the disappearance and alleged murder of Saudi Arabian journalist, Jamal Khashoggi. The organisation also condemned the killing of Mexican journalist, Mario Leonel Gómez Sánchez, and Somali journalist, Abdirisak Said Osman, calling for thorough inquiries in each case to help undermine a growing culture of impunity for attacks against journalists worldwide.

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Andrew Heslop

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2018-10-08 13:23

28 April - Wajdi al-Ghazzawi, Saudi Arabia, jailed since February 2014

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Andrew Heslop

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2014-04-28 11:24

Wajdi al-Ghazzawi, Saudi Arabia, jailed since February 2014

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2014-04-28 10:20

السلطات الماليزية تعتقل صحفي سعودي على خلفية تعليقات على موقع تويتر

قامت السلطات الماليزية بإعتقال الكاتب و الصحفي السعودي حمزة كشغري و الذي غادر المملكة السعودية عقب شن حملة تتهمه بالكفر على خلفية تعليقاته بخصوص النبي محمد على موقع التواصل الاجتماعي تويتر. المتحدث الرسمي باسم السلطات الماليزية صرح لوكالة رويترز بان الاعتقال جاء كجزء من عملية تحت اشراف الانتربول، و هو ما انكرته الانتربول لاحقا.

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Farah Wael

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2012-02-15 15:48

Saudi netizen arrested in Malayisa over controversial Twitter comments.

23 year-old Saudi Arabian writer and blogger Hamza Kashgari, who fled the country earlier this week after being accused of blasphemy for Twitter comments he made regarding the Prophet Mohammed, was arrested by Malaysian authorities late yesterday. A police spokesman told Reuters earlier today that his arrest came as part of an Interpol operation involving Malaysian police, a statement later denied by Interpol.

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Farah Wael

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2012-02-10 19:04

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