4 years ago

Khashoggi doc, too explosive for streaming, debuts on-demand

NEW YORK — Even before “The Dissident” made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, director Bryan Fogel had a sense that his explosive Jamal Khashoggi documentary was going to be a tough sell. “The Dissident” features audio recordings of Khashoggi’s murder, the participation of Khashoggi’s fiancé, Hatice Cengiz, and details on Saudi hacking efforts, including the infiltration of the cellphone of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Riding in an SUV to the film’s Sundance after-party, an upbeat Fogel said he was hopeful that Netflix, Amazon, HBO or others would step forward — anyone that could give the film a global platform for Khashoggi’s story, which plays as a lethal, real-life geopolitical thriller in “The Dissident.” But the rough road ahead for “The Dissident” had already been signaled. “As these companies become bigger and bigger, we’re seeing the choices they make, including content, become less and less risky.” For Fogel, the experience of “The Dissident” mirrors the silencing of Khashoggi.

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1 year, 2 months ago

UAE-based broadcaster censors satiric ‘Last Week Tonight’ over Saudi Arabia and Khashoggi killing

Firstpost

OSN cut that material, as well as other portions mentioning Saudi Arabia in a satirical, fake McKinsey promotional created by the show A Dubai-based television network broadcasting across the Mideast cut substantial portions of an episode of the satiric news program “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” over references to Saudi Arabia’s crown prince being implicated in the 2018 killing …

2 years, 1 month ago

Khashoggi murder timeline: Saudi Crown Prince gets US immunity, all details here

Live Mint

The United States administration on 17 November ruled that the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has immunity in the Jamal Khashoggi murder case from the jurisdiction of US courts. 12 October, 2018: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Interior Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz denied allegations related to Khashoggi's disappearance and alleged murder. 22 October, 2018: According to …

2 years, 9 months ago

Turkish court transfers trial in Jamal Khashoggi killing to Saudi Arabia

LA Times

Posters of Jamal Khashoggi are displayed near the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2020. A Turkish court ruled Thursday to suspend the trial in absentia of 26 Saudis accused in the gruesome killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and for the case to be transferred to Saudi Arabia, raising fears of impunity for a crime that sparked international outrage. …

2 years, 9 months ago

Khashoggi killing: Turkey prosecutor asks to halt trial of Saudis

Al Jazeera

Development comes as Turkey seeks a thaw in relations with Saudi Arabia that significantly worsened after the Saudi journalist’s murder. A Turkish prosecutor has asked a court to halt the trial in absentia of 26 Saudi suspects over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and transfer the case to Saudi authorities. The …

3 years, 1 month ago

Suspect in Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing arrested in France

India Today

French police on Tuesday arrested a suspected member of the hit squad that killed Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as the man was about to board a flight from Paris to Riyadh, French law enforcement sources said. A French police source and a judicial source named the man as Khaled Aedh Al-Otaibi - the same name as a former member of …

3 years, 1 month ago

Turkish court seeks Saudi records for Khashoggi murder suspects

Al Jazeera

Judge asks ministry of justice to check if the 26 Saudis on trial in absentia in Turkey have already been tried in the Saudi judicial system. Istanbul, Turkey – A Turkish court has asked authorities to check if defendants on trial in absentia for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi already face charges in Saudi Arabia. ‘Justice delayed is …

3 years, 3 months ago

Jamal Khashoggi: ‘More and more likely’ US intelligence knew of threat before he was murdered by Saudi Arabia, says UN investigator

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy It appears increasingly likely …

3 years, 4 months ago

Fiancée of Jamal Khashoggi accuses US of ‘hiding the facts’ about dissident journalist’s murder his murder by Saudi Arabia

The Independent

3 years, 9 months ago

The Dissident review: How to kill a dissident, Saudi style

Deccan Chronicle

Streaming on diff.co.in till April 8 Oscar winning director Bryan Fogel’s documentary, The Dissident, is a scary film. An investigation into the planned assassination of 59-year-old journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi Arabia’s royal regime at their embassy in Istanbul, The Dissent is visually sombre, often flat, but stunning in the things it reveals. The Dissident, which begins with the disappearance …

3 years, 9 months ago

The Dissident review: Bryan Fogel’s Jamal Khashoggi documentary is captivating, but often plays out like a spy thriller

Firstpost

Languages: Arabic | Turkish | English On 2 October 2018, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi went to the KSA embassy in Istanbul to obtain documents that would enable him to marry his Turkish fiancée, who was waiting outside the building. A noted critic of the Saudi crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman’s policies, Khashoggi was choked to death in the conference room …

3 years, 10 months ago

The Khashoggi report tests US-Saudi Arabia relations

Al Jazeera

The US has released its official report on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Two and a half years later, the United States has released its official report on the killing of Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist, Jamal Khashoggi. The report states that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the operation that led to his killing. We hear …

3 years, 10 months ago

Press watchdog sues Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing

Al Jazeera

Reporters Without Borders files a case against MBS in a German court for ‘crimes against humanity’ in connection with the Khashoggi murder. Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders has filed a criminal case in a German court against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and four other high-ranking officials for “crimes against humanity” in connection with the murder of journalist Jamal …

3 years, 10 months ago

Timeline of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Al Jazeera

A US intelligence report sheds new light of the murder of Khashoggi by Saudi agents in October of 2018. October 10, 2018 Turkish media publish images of an alleged 15-member Saudi “assassination squad” and video of suspicious movements at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul following Khashoggi’s disappearance. Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Interior Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz denies …

3 years, 10 months ago

Khashoggi murdered, cut into pieces on Saudi Crown Prince's orders: Report

India Today

A US intelligence report made public Friday said that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman -- a key figure in the US-Saudi relationship -- "approved" the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The intelligence report said that given Prince Mohammed's influence, it was "highly unlikely" that the 2018 murder could have taken place without his green light. The published …

4 years ago

Review: Khashoggi doc ‘The Dissident’ is essential viewing

Associated Press

It’s hard to decide what’s most shocking in “The Dissident,” Bryan Fogel’s urgent, gripping new documentary about the horrific murder of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi. And later, a Turkish official tells us, the killers ordered 70 pounds of meat from a well-known Istanbul restaurant, presumably “to mask the smell of a burning corpse.” Then there are the detailed revelations from …

4 years ago

Khashoggi doc, too explosive for streaming, debuts on-demand

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The Dissident” features audio recordings …

4 years ago

'The Dissident' review: Jamal Khashoggi as political thriller

LA Times

The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. In October, Showtime put out Rick Rowley’s solemn biographical contextualization, “Kingdom of Silence,” and now comes Bryan Fogel’s energized thriller version, “The Dissident.” Fogel, who won an Academy Award for the Russian doping scandal documentary “Icarus,” has once more sunk his teeth into the story of an …

4 years, 3 months ago

Activists seek justice on anniversary of Khashoggi killing

Associated Press

ISTANBUL — Journalists and human rights activists called for justice for Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Friday, the second anniversary of The Washington Post columnist’s brutal killing inside his country’s consulate in Istanbul. However, no details on this subject has been given to the world.” Last month, a court in Saudi Arabia issued final verdicts convicting eight unnamed Saudi nationals …

4 years, 3 months ago

Two years on, Khashoggi murder unresolved, body still missing

Al Jazeera

Killers of Saudi journalist in Istanbul consulate are yet to be held to account, says UN rapporteur. Friday marks two years since Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul. Activists and human rights groups have said the murder was premeditated and carried out upon the directive of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed …

4 years, 3 months ago

Jamal Khashoggi’s rights group launched two years after murder

Al Jazeera

The US-based nonprofit, DAWN, aims to document and address rights violations in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt. A rights organisation established by slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi months before his controversial killing in 2018 at the hands of a Saudi hit squad in Turkey has now been opened in the United States. The US-based organisation will primarily focus on …

4 years, 4 months ago

Jamal Khashoggi doc ‘The Dissident’ finds distribution

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Bryan Fogel’s Jamal Khashoggi documentary “The Dissident” made one of the biggest splashes at the Sundance Film Festival in January. But perhaps because of global media companies who feared the wrath of the authoritative Saudi Arabian regime that the film alleges was behind Khashoggi’s murder, no distribution deal followed. Briarcliff Entertainment said Wednesday that it has acquired …

4 years, 6 months ago

Jamal Khashoggi murder trial told oven was lit after killing

India Today

A Saudi consulate worker in Istanbul told a Turkish court on Friday he had been asked to light a tandoor oven less than an hour after Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the building where he was killed. Zeki Demir, a local technician who worked for the consulate, was giving evidence on the first day of the trial in absentia of …

4 years, 6 months ago

Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi consulate staff describe strange events on day of journalist’s death

CNN

CNN — Staff who worked at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul around the time of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder told a court Friday that they were told to stay away from the residence on the day the dissident journalist went missing in 2018. Cengiz, who is hoping the case will offer new clues to the whereabouts of Khashoggi’s remains, told journalists …

4 years, 7 months ago

UN expert calls move to forgive Khashoggi killers called a ‘Parody’

Hindustan Times

The decision of Jamal Khashoggi’s family to forgive Saudis accused of his murder was described as both shocking and anticipated by a United Nations investigator who has said the former columnist was the victim of a “state killing.” A Turkish police officer walks past a picture of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi prior to a ceremony, near the Saudi Arabia …

4 years, 7 months ago

Khashoggi’s sons forgive Saudi killers, sparing 5 execution

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The family of slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi announced on Friday they have forgiven his Saudi killers, giving legal reprieve to five government agents who had been sentenced to death for an operation that cast a cloud of suspicion over the kingdom’s crown prince. Khashoggi’s Turkish fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, said Friday that the “killers …

4 years, 10 months ago

US lawmakers push for release of intelligence on Khashoggi murder

Al Jazeera

Defying Congress, the Trump administration refused to publicly release US intel on the killing of Saudi journalist. Washington, DC – Two members of the United States Congress said on Tuesday they will push for the public release of a new US intelligence report on the 2018 murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Tom Malinowski, …

4 years, 11 months ago

Khashoggi documentary ‘The Dissident’ lands at Sundance

Associated Press

PARK CITY, Utah — A searing documentary about the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi made its anticipated debut at the Sundance Film Festival, unveiling a detailed investigation into the Saudi Arabia regime and the companies and governments that do business with it. The film, Fogel’s first since his Oscar-winning expose “Icarus” on Russian doping for the Olympics, features …

5 years ago

Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi Arabia sentences five to death over journalist’s murder

CNN

CNN — Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to death for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi but cleared a former top adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a public prosecutor said Monday. “Those ultimately responsible, at the highest level of the Saudi government, continue to escape responsibility for the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi.” UN Special Rapporteur Agnes …

5 years ago

Jamal Khashoggi murder trial dubbed a 'mockery' by UN investigator who says masterminds walked free

ABC

The human rights expert who led the United Nations investigation into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has called the death sentences handed down by Saudi Arabia over the killing a "travesty". Her investigation concluded the execution of Khashoggi in a Saudi consulate in Turkey in October 2018 was carefully planned and involved senior Saudi officials close to the …

5 years, 3 months ago

A year later, Jamal Khashoggi’s killing has taught regional governments the wrong lessons

LA Times

A Turkish police officer walks past a picture of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi prior to a ceremony Oct. 2, 2019, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, marking the anniversary of his death. “For a moment, we thought Khashoggi’s murder would lead to a significant change for the better, that there would be a before Khashoggi and after him,” said …

5 years, 3 months ago

A year after Jamal Khashoggi's murder, rights groups demand justice for slain Washington Post columnist

Firstpost

Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, was killed and dismembered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018, in an operation that reportedly involved 15 agents sent from Riyadh. Dubai: International human rights groups demanded justice Wednesday for slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying that a year after his brutal murder, Saudi authorities had yet to provide any …

5 years, 3 months ago

Suspected Saudi operatives of killing Jamal Khashoggi made 'chilling' jokes before murder, say reports by UN investigators

Firstpost

Saudi operatives suspected of killing the journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the country’s Istanbul consulate were heard joking and talking about dismemberment before his arrival, according to secret tapes heard by UN investigators London: Saudi operatives suspected of killing the journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the country’s Istanbul consulate were heard joking and talking about dismemberment before his arrival, according to secret …

5 years, 3 months ago

Jamal Khashoggi’s murder could have been a turning point. Instead it was a warning sign

CNN

Editor’s Note: Samah Hadid is a human rights advocate based in Beirut who has campaigned for justice and accountability for Jamal Khashoggi. The Crown Prince insisted he knew nothing about the operation, saying it’s impossible for “3 million people working for the Saudi government” to send daily reports to the leader “or the second highest person in the Saudi government.” …

5 years, 3 months ago

Jamal Khashoggi case: A timeline of events surrounding his murder

Al Jazeera

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018. Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Turkish media publish images of an alleged 15-member Saudi “assassination squad” and video of suspicious movements at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul following Khashoggi’s disappearance. Thursday, October 18, 2018 Turkish media report that Khashoggi was killed “within minutes” of entering …

5 years, 3 months ago

Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee says authorities have "failed to do enough" to hold those behind journalist's murder responsible

CBS News

Istanbul — The fiancee of murdered Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi criticized the international community Wednesday for not doing enough to hold those behind the gruesome killing responsible. "The big international organizations failed to do enough," Hatice Cengiz told CBS News on the one-year anniversary of Khashoggi's death. Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, cries during a …

5 years, 3 months ago

A year later, Saudi journalist’s killing haunts kingdom

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year drew renewed scrutiny Tuesday to the kingdom, as his son and a U.N. investigator spoke out ahead of the anniversary of his death. The identity of the killers and planners point to a far closer relationship between them and …

5 years, 3 months ago

Khashoggi paid the price for being a ‘different Saudi’

Al Jazeera

And the world failed him and his dream by welcoming back those who brutally silenced him. Over the following year, Khashoggi continued to write tirelessly and speak his mind about his dream of a Saudi Arabia where the “atmosphere of freedom” and the “right of people to disagree” are respected. The Saudi authorities have skirted around calls from his loved …

5 years, 3 months ago

Khashoggi’s murder: One year on, here’s what we know

Al Jazeera

On October 2, 2018, journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul to obtain documents for his upcoming marriage to his Turkish fiance. In one of his first articles for the Post, Khashoggi lambasted the arrest of Saudi intellectuals under MBS, saying: “Saudi Arabia wasn’t always this repressive. Saudi authorities have since charged 11 unnamed suspects over Khashoggi’s murder, …

5 years, 3 months ago

Khashoggi’s murder – one year ago – tells us much about Trump’s close ally (Opinion)

CNN

Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. Less than two weeks after Khashoggi’s murder on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” President Donald Trump promised “severe punishment” for the Saudis if it was proven that they had murdered Khashoggi. … I’m not going to destroy the …

5 years, 3 months ago

Saudi crown prince says Khashoggi's murder happened under his watch

Op India

Speaking for the first time ever over the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman appears to be taking the moral responsibility for the killing by saying it “happened under his watch”. MBS, prior to this, has never been heard publically speaking of the killing in the last one year, though a UN expert had …

5 years, 3 months ago

Khashoggi murder 'happened under my watch': Saudi crown prince

The Hindu

Saudi Arabia's crown prince said he bears responsibility for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year by Saudi operatives “because it happened under my watch,” according to a PBS documentary to be broadcast next week. The death sparked a global uproar, tarnishing the crown prince's image and imperilling ambitious plans to diversify the economy of the world's top oil …

5 years, 3 months ago

Khashoggi murder ‘happened under my watch’, MBS tells PBS

Al Jazeera

In new documentary, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says he ‘gets all the responsibility’ for Khashoggi murder. Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said he bears responsibility for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year by Saudi operatives “because it happened under my watch,” according to a PBS documentary to be broadcast next week. Series of setbacks According to Mahjoob …

5 years, 4 months ago

Audio transcripts of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder revealed

Al Jazeera

Turkish newspaper publishes detailed transcript of Saudi hit squad in the final moments of journalist’s assassination. The Turkish Daily Sabah newspaper has released transcripts of audio recordings of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the Saudi hit squad that killed him inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last year. Turkey has called Khashoggi’s killing “premeditated murder” orchestrated by the Saudi government. ‘I …

5 years, 6 months ago

Khashoggi's killers will pay price: Turkish President

The Quint

Istanbul, June 20 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lashed out at the murderers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was killed in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate last year. " pay the price and be held accountable," he said, following release of a UN expert's report on Wednesday which held Saudi Arabia responsible in the murder case. While Riyadh initially …

5 years, 6 months ago

‘Joints will be separated': Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, retold

Associated Press

GENEVA — The gathering on the second floor of the Saudi consulate featured an unlikely collection: a forensic doctor, intelligence and security officers, agents of the crown prince’s office. And on Wednesday, more than eight months after his death, a U.N. special rapporteur revealed new details of the slaying — part of a report that insisted there was “credible evidence” …

5 years, 6 months ago

The Khashoggi report is a wake-up call for UN and US (Opinion)

CNN

Editor’s Note: Dr. Courtney C. Radsch is the advocacy director at the Committee to Protect Journalists. Courtney Radsch Committee to Protect Journalists Given these findings, the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres should immediately launch a criminal investigation, as the Committee to Protect Journalists requested last November, and comply with the recommendations of its independent expert. Callamard conducted extensive interviews and …

5 years, 6 months ago

‘Joints will be separated’: Grim new details of Khashoggi murder

Al Jazeera

Thirteen minutes before journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, Saudi officials inside the building discussed dismembering a body. From providing a minute-by-minute account of the journalist’s dismemberment to detailing evidence that Khashoggi’s “planned and elaborate” murder could not have been executed without Crown Prince Mohammed being aware, the report by UN extrajudicial executions investigator, …

5 years, 6 months ago

Khashoggi killing: Executive summary of Callamard’s UN report

Al Jazeera

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed by Saudi agents inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. In her long anticipated report, which was released on Wednesday, UN extrajudicial executions investigator Agnes Callamard said Khashoggi’s death “constituted an extrajudicial killing for which the State of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is responsible”. Mr. Khashoggi’s killing constituted an extrajudicial killing …

5 years, 6 months ago

Khashoggi killing: ‘Credible evidence’ Saudi crown prince responsible, UN expert says

CNN

CNN — There is “sufficient credible evidence” Saudi Arabia’s crown prince bears responsibility for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and he should be investigated for it, a United Nations special rapporteur said in the first independent investigation into the death. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his personal assets abroad should be hit by “targeted sanctions,” the report recommends, …

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Saudi executions rose sharply in 2024

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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Reuters — Saudi Arabia executed 330 people this year, the highest number in decades, despite de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman’s 2022 assertion that the death penalty had been eliminated except for murder cases under his vision for a new open kingdom. Saudi Arabia denies accusations of human rights abuses and says its actions are aimed at …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ex-Colorado staffer pitched Saudi Arabia to be a $10M NIL pipeline

New York Times

A former member of the Colorado football staff took a trip without the team’s knowledge to Saudi Arabia in December in hopes of striking a $10 million deal between the country’s tourism arm and the collective that raises name, image and likeness funds for the university’s athletes. Reilly sent a presentation to his contact in Saudi Arabia that laid out …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: The full truth of 9/11 is still emerging

LA Times

The rubble of the World Trade Center following the terrorist attack Sept. 11, 2001, in New York. “What we’ve uncovered, with no help from our FBI and no help from our own government, is that had a significant amount of help, and that help came in the form of the Saudi government,” Brett Eagleson, president of the families group 9/11 …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

US lifts restrictions on sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia

Live Mint

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration will send Saudi Arabia shipments of bombs worth more than $750 million in the coming months, removing a major irritant between Washington and Riyadh, according to officials from both nations. The deliveries will include 3,000 Small Diameter Bombs and 7,500 Paveway IV bombs, which have been on hold since President Biden halted the shipments in 2021 over …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Independent UN experts say radical Saudi Arabia scholar held for years should be tried or released

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A radical Sunni scholar whose criticisms of Saudi Arabia’s government and the West drew praise from the l ate al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden should be immediately tried or released from a yearslong arbitrary detention by the kingdom, independent experts working with the United Nations said Wednesday. Safar bin Abdulrahman al-Hawali had been one of …

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9 months ago

Trump has mystery chat with Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman

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‘Murder Mubarak’ movie review: Pankaj Tripathi powers this wacky whodunit

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'Murder Mubarak' Trailer: Pankaj Tripathi Plays a Cop in This Twisted Whodunit

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CBI moves HC after special court refuses to stay documentary series on Indrani Mukerjea

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The release of a documentary series on Indrani Mukerjea, the prime accused in the Sheena Bora murder case, could influence witnesses who were yet to be examined, the Central Bureau of Investigation told the Bombay high court on Wednesday. The agency on Wednesday filed a writ petition in the HC, a day after a special CBI court rejected its application, …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

Jared Kushner, former Trump adviser, defends business dealings with Saudi Arabia

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s former White House adviser and his son-in-law, defended on Tuesday his business dealings after leaving government with the Saudi crown prince who was implicated in the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Kushner worked on a wide range of issues and policies in the Trump administration, including Middle East peace efforts, …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

Trailer of Netflix’s ‘The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth’ out

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Parvathy Thiruvothu reacts to Annapoorani being removed from Netflix amid row: ‘A dangerous precedent’

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Widow of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi granted US asylum

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1 year, 1 month ago

‘Dhootha’ trailer: Naga Chaitanya as an investigative journalist in Vikram Kumar’s web series

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In director Vikram Kumar’s Telugu web series Dhootha, which will stream on Amazon Prime Video on December 1, actor Naga Chaitanya plays an investigative journalist named Sagar who finds himself in the thick of unexpected happenings. The series trailer shows Sagar as an investigative journalist who wants to be a messenger who presents the truth to people. Produced by Sharrat …

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Hasan Minhaj Responds In Depth To New Yorker Piece On His Stand-Up Comedy

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Comedian and former host of Netflix’s “Patriot Act” Hasan Minhaj responded in detail on Thursday to a New Yorker piece published last month that said he admitted to fabricating and embellishing stories he used in his stand-up comedy routine. The New Yorker touched on three of Minhaj’s stories, all of which are featured in his 2017 and …

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As Hasan Minhaj dissects ‘emotional truth’ scandal, New Yorker stands ‘by our story’

LA Times

Comedian Hasan Minhaj fired back at the New Yorker a month after he faced backlash for embellishing his comedy material. Comedian Hasan Minhaj’s public feud with the New Yorker just got the “Patriot Act” treatment. In the video — published by the Hollywood Reporter on Thursday — Minhaj said, “I’m not a psycho, but this New Yorker article definitely makes …

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1 year, 3 months ago

MBS tells Fox News that Saudi Arabia is ‘closer every day’ to normalising relations with Israel

The Independent

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1 year, 4 months ago

Elon Musk under fire for ‘silence’ over man facing death sentence for tweets

The Independent

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1 year, 4 months ago

Tony Blair Institute has continued to receive Saudi Arabian money after Khashoggi murder

The Independent

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1 year, 6 months ago

What to read (and watch) to understand Saudi Arabia

The Economist

F OR A COUNTRY of 40m people that is largely desert, Saudi Arabia has a surprisingly big role in the wider world. The annual pilgrimage to Mecca, in western Saudi Arabia, attracts millions of Muslims. Under Muhammad bin Salman, the crown prince and the country’s de facto ruler for the past six years, Saudi Arabia has sought to expand both …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Poverty, climate, regional stability on agenda as Saudi crown prince visits France

Associated Press

PARIS — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Friday with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris as part of an official visit, during which he will also participate in a global financing summit aimed at fighting poverty and climate change. The French presidency said the talks would focus on bilateral relations between the two countries and on regional stability …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Cannes 2023: Jennifer Lawrence brings a documentary on Afghan women to the festival

The Hindu

While the world watched Kabul fall and the Taliban surge back to power in 2021 following the withdrawal of U.S. troops, actor Jennifer Lawrence and producer Justine Ciarrocchi were asking themselves what they could do to support women's rights. They eventually found director Sahra Mani, whose 2019 documentary A Thousand Girls Like Me looked at a sexually abused woman’s quest …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Saudi Arabia comes to L.A. seeking deals to build its post-oil future

LA Times

Faisal Alibrahim, Saudi Arabia’s minister of economy and planning, right, with Kevin Klowden, chief global strategist at the Milken Institute. One simple metric for measuring the Saudi government’s commitment to transforming the oil kingdom into a high-tech mecca might be the size of the delegation at this year’s Milken Institute Global Conference. “We still have more ways to go.” Seven …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Saudi Arabia Frees American Citizen Imprisoned for Posting Tweets Critical of Regime

News 18

A US citizen sentenced to 19 years in a Saudi prison for social media posts criticising the kingdom’s rulers has been released, his son told AFP on Tuesday. The State Department said last year it had “consistently and intensively raised our concerns regarding the case at senior levels of the Saudi government”, and that “exercising freedom of expression should never …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Sundance doc looks into Brett Kavanaugh investigation

Associated Press

PARK CITY, Utah — A new documentary looks into the sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and raises questions about the depth of the FBI investigation in 2018. “Justice,” from filmmaker Doug Liman, debuted Friday night at the Sundance Film Festival to a sold-out theater surrounded by armed guards. One of Ramirez’s friends from Yale who was …

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2 years, 1 month ago

US Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Saudi Prince Over Journalist Khashoggi Killing

ABP News

A US court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the killing of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi citing President Biden’s grant of immunity. While invoking the circumstances of Prince Mohammed’s appointment of head of state, Bates pointed to the fact that it was in September that Saudi King Salman named Prince Mohammed prime …

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2 years, 1 month ago

US court dismisses lawsuit against Saudi prince in journalist Jamal Khashoggi killing

India Today

A US federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the killing of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, bowing to the Biden administration’s insistence that the prince was legally immune in the case. District of Columbia US District Judge John D. Bates heeded the US government’s motion to shield Prince Mohammed from the lawsuit …

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2 years, 1 month ago

US court dismisses suit against Saudi prince in killing

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, bowing to the Biden administration’s insistence that the prince was legally immune in the case. District of Columbia U.S. District Judge John D. Bates heeded the U.S. government’s motion to shield Prince Mohammed from …

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2 years, 1 month ago

US court dismisses suit against Saudi prince in killing

The Independent

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2 years, 1 month ago

U.S. court dismisses suit against Saudi prince in killing

LA Times

A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, bowing to the Biden administration’s insistence that the prince was legally immune in the case. District of Columbia U.S. District Judge John D. Bates heeded the U.S. government’s motion to shield Mohammed from the lawsuit despite …

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2 years, 1 month ago

‘Saudi Vellakka’ movie review: Tharun Moorthy’s sophomore effort is emotionally impactful

The Hindu

The court case at the centre of Saudi Vellakka is the kind of case, which in all probability, might get a passing mention in the newspapers the next day. More than the content of the case, or the arguments on either side, director Tharun Moorthy is concerned with what this passing of time does to the people involved. Saudi Vellakka …

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$Lie is always smaller than truth: Anupam Kher on Lapid\'s remarks on Kashmir Files$

2 years, 1 month ago

Lie is always smaller than truth: Anupam Kher on Lapid\'s remarks on Kashmir Files

Deccan Chronicle

Mumbai: Reacting to Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid's comments on his film "The Kashmir Files", veteran actor Anupam Kher on Tuesday said truth will always trump falsehood. Lapid had termed "The Kashmir Files" as "propaganda movie" and "vulgar" at the closing ceremony of the 53rd International Film Festival of India on Monday night in Goa. In a Twitter post, Kher shared …

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2 years, 1 month ago

The Kashmir Files-IFFI Row: Vivek Agnihotri, Anupam Kher, Darshan & others slam Israeli filmmaker

India TV News

The Kashmir Files-IFFI Row: Israeli filmmaker, Nadav Lapid, who served as head jury for IFFI has stirred a new controversy. Film's director Vivek Agnihotri and actors Anupam Kher and Darshan Kumaar have strongly reacted to Lapid's statements. Pallavi Joshi's statement Darshan Kumaar on The Kashmir Files-IFFI Controversy Reacting to Lapid's statements, Darshan Kumaar who essayed the role of Krishna Pandit …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Kurbaan turns 13: Was Aditya Chopra’s New York ‘inspired’ By Saif Ali Khan-Kareena starrer?

Firstpost

Kurbaan creates a kingdom of doom with a deep understanding of the bonds that bind and separate the Islamic world from the West. Karan Johar’s production Kurbaan and Aditya Chopra’s New York with the latter being released just weeks before the former were both about a closet terrorist, Saif Ali Khan in Kurbaan and John Abraham in New York. Director …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Saudi prince’s new title key to dodging lawsuit over killing

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — It raised eyebrows six weeks ago when Saudi Arabia’s aged king, Salman, named his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as prime minister. But that move reaped dividends Thursday, when the Biden administration declared that Prince Mohammed’s standing as prime minister shielded him from a U.S. lawsuit over what the U.S. intelligence community says was his role in …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman has immunity in Jamal Khashoggi killing: US

Live Mint

After more than four years of the brutal killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the United States administration ruled on Thursday that the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has immunity in the case from the jurisdiction of US courts. The intelligence agencies of the US accused Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman, for the murder prompting the country to …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Saudi prince has immunity in Khashoggi killing lawsuit, Biden admin in court

Hindustan Times

The Biden administration has determined that Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has legal immunity from a lawsuit filed against him over the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a court filing on Thursday. The Committee to Protect Journalists and other press freedom activists hold a candlelight vigil in front of …

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2 years, 1 month ago

US moves to shield Saudi crown prince in journalist Jamal Khashoggi killing

India TV News

Jamal Khashoggi killing: The Biden administration declared Thursday that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince should be considered immune from a lawsuit over his role in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist, a turnaround from Joe Biden’s passionate campaign-trail denunciations of Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the brutal slaying. The administration said the senior position of the crown prince, Saudi Arabia’s de …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Saudis angrily say U.S. oil accusations are political, unfounded

LA Times

The spat between the United States and Saudi Arabia and its fellow OPEC members over the management of petroleum supplies intensified Thursday when Riyadh accused Washington of “politicizing oil” and declared it would not submit to “dictates” from supposedly friendly countries. “The Kingdom affirms that outcomes of the OPEC+ meetings are adopted through consensus among member states, and that they …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Saudi crown prince, now PM, has immunity in Khashoggi murder lawsuit, say lawyers

India Today

Lawyers for Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, facing a US lawsuit over the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, told a court on Monday the crown prince's appointment as prime minister last week ensured him immunity from prosecution. Last week his elderly father King Salman named him prime minister in a royal decree which a Saudi official …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Saudi prince has immunity in Khashoggi killing lawsuit, say lawyers

Hindustan Times

Lawyers for Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, facing a U.S. lawsuit over the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, told a court on Monday the crown prince's appointment as prime minister last week ensured him immunity from prosecution. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Khashoggi was killed by Saudi agents in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Anupam Kher talks about Boycott culture, re-inventing himself as an actor

Op India

On August 20, actor Anupam Kher appeared in an interview with Times Now Group Editor Navika Kumar on her show Frankly Speaking. Tomorrow if Sonia Gandhi Ji feels this country is the best thing that happened to her, I will be with them.” Denying saying that the Congress leaders do not love the country, he said, “The tweets of Rahul …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Cuttputlli Trailer: Akshay Kumar back in cop uniform to catch merciless serial killer, watch gripping video

India TV News

Cuttputlli Trailer: Akshay Kumar will stop at nothing. Watch Cuttputlli Trailer's official video here: Keeping up its tradition of backing content-driven films, Pooja Entertainment dropped the trailer of their suspense thriller 'Cuttputlli' on Friday. Joined by Rakul Preet Singh, Sargun Mehta, Chandrachur Singh, Ranjit Tewari, Jackky Bhagnani and Deepshikha Deshmukh, Akshay and the Disney+ Hotstar Head of Content and HSM …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Former Twitter employee convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia

LA Times

A former Twitter employee was found guilty of turning over personal information of anonymous users who had criticized Saudi Arabia, led by Mohammed bin Salman, above. A former Twitter employee was convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia by turning over personal information of platform users who had used anonymous handles to criticize the kingdom and its royal family. Politics CIA …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Trump gushes over success of Saudi golf tournament -- and boasts it's worth 'billions of dollars' in publicity

Raw Story

Former President Donald Trump is being heavily criticized by the families of 9/11 victims for hosting a golf tournament being funded by the government of Saudi Arabia at his Bedminster resort. But in a new interview with the Wall Street Journal, Trump gushed about the success of the tournament, despite the fact that many 9/11 families have said it's being …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Saudi police arrest man who helped Israeli sneak into Mecca

Associated Press

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Police in Mecca say they have arrested a Saudi man who helped an Israeli-Jewish reporter sneak into Islam’s holiest city, defying a rule that only Muslims can enter the area. The outcry appears to have prompted Saudi police late Friday to announce the arrest of the Saudi man who they say facilitated the entry of the …

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