Jamal Khashoggi was murdered 27 years ago
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This atrocity happened during the first Trump administration.
It was characterized as a deliberate, premeditated execution for which the state of Saudi Arabia was responsible.
The Biden administration was complicit in that immunity from a lawsuit filed against him by Khashoggi's fiancée and a human rights organization, leading US District Judge John Bates who was appointed by that insufferable cowardly weenie President George W Bush, to dismiss the case.
Judge John Bates issued the dismissal on December 6, 2022, citing the Biden administration's decision to grant the crown prince head-of-state immunity. Complicit. Complicit. Complicit. Cowardly.
US Intelligence concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, defacto ruler of Saudi Arabia approved the operation to "capture or kill" Khashoggi. It seems that "absolute" monarchs such as bin Salman are above the law, international or otherwise.
There are no consequences for the perpetrators in this matter. We continue to do extensive diverse business with Saudi Arabia and as such we are simply supporting them in their murderous crime. It would seem that our national sense of morality can be bought in trade for sufficient price.
Rest in peace Jamal Khashoggi and I hope you gain justice before the White Throne in the hereafter seeing how it doesn't seem to have been available to you here on Earth.
See Also:
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Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2019
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International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists 2018