Who is Jamal Khashoggi and what did he do?
Khashoggi was a Saudi journalist, author, and a former general manager and editor-in-chief of Al-Arab News Channel. He also served as editor for the Saudi newspaper Al Watan, turning it into a platform for Saudi progressives. Khashoggi fled the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in June 2017 and went into self-imposed exile in the US.
Did Saudi Arabia use spyware to monitor Jamal Khashoggi’s phone?
Saudi Arabia used a reputed troll farm in Riyadh, employing hundreds of people, to harass Khashoggi and other critics of the Saudi regime. Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden accused the Saudi Government of using spyware known as “Pegasus” to monitor Khashoggi’s cell phone.
What did Khashoggi say about women’s rights?
Khashoggi wrote in a Post column on 3 April 2018 that Saudi Arabia “should return to its pre-1979 climate, when the government restricted hard-line Wahhabi traditions. Women today should have the same rights as men. And all citizens should have the right to speak their minds without fear of imprisonment.”.
Is there a street named after Jamal Khashoggi in DC?
In Washington, D.C. a petition was started to rename the street outside the Saudi embassy as “Jamal Khashoggi Way”. In late November 2018, local officials voted to rename the street in honor of Jamal Khashoggi, it will next have to be approved by the city council.
Khashoggi was a Washington Post columnist who at one point was considered close to the ruling Saudi royal family but later became disillusioned by its powerful young prince. Jared Kushner (left) is claimed to have given Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) the green light to arrest a Washington Post journalist, Jamal Khashoggi
Is this Jamal Khashoggi and Hatice Cengiz in Istanbul?
A CCTV image purportedly showing Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi and his fiancee, Hatice Cengiz at an apartment building in Istanbul, Turkey, just hours before his death in the Saudi Arabian consulate In October 2018, Khashoggi visited the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to sort documents before he was to be married to his Turkish fiancee, Hatice Cengiz.
How did Khashoggi’s body double leave?
Two others leave by commercial flights. Erdogan confirms reports that a ‘body double’ – a man wearing Khashoggi’s clothes, glasses and a beard – leaves the consulate building for Riyadh with another person on a scheduled flight later that day.