Manifestation hålls i Sverige efter journalistmord
Efter mordet på den saudiske journalisten Jamal Khashoggi hålls i dag en manifestation utanför Saudiarabiens ambassad i Stockholm, skriver TT.
Den 2 oktober försvann Khashoggi efter att ha besökt Saudiarabiens konsulat i Istanbul. Han misstänks ha mördats inne på konsulatet.
Bakom manifestationen står svenska PEN, Journalistförbundet, tidningen Journalisten och Amnesty International Sverige.
De kräver att FN tillsätter en oberoende kommission om vad som hände Khashoggi inne på konsulatet i Istanbul. Men även att den saudiska regimen friger de personer som sitter fängslade till följd av att de brutit mot landets repressiva yttrandefrihetslagar.
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Jamal Khashoggi
Wikipedia (en)
Jamal bin Ahmad Khashoggi (; Arabic: جمال أحمد خاشقجي jamāl ʾaḥmad ḵāšuqjī, Arabic pronunciation: [d͡ʒaˈmaːl ˈʔaħmad xaːˈʃuqd͡ʒiː], Hejazi pronunciation: [d͡ʒaˈmaːl xaːˈʃʊɡd͡ʒi] (Hejazi); 13 October 1958 – 2 October 2018) was a Saudi Arabian journalist, author, and a former general manager and editor-in-chief of Al-Arab News Channel. He also served as editor for the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al Watan, turning it into a platform for Saudi Arabian progressives.Khashoggi fled Saudi Arabia in September 2017 and went into self-imposed exile. He said that the Saudi Arabian government had "banned him from Twitter", and he later wrote newspaper articles critical of the Saudi government. Khashoggi had been sharply critical of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammad bin Salman, and the country's king, Salman of Saudi Arabia. He also opposed the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, but did not leave the building. Amid news reports claiming that he had been killed and dismembered inside, an inspection of the consulate, by Saudi Arabian and Turkish officials, took place on 15 October. Initially the Saudi Arabian government denied the death, claiming Khashoggi had left the consulate alive, but on 20 October admitted that Khashoggi was killed inside the consulate, claiming he had been strangled to death after a fight had broken out.
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