As the death and dissolving of Jamal Khashoggi's body was revealed to the family and public it is safe to say people recoiled at the brutality. I am not inferring there should be forgiveness for this death, what I am saying is does the civilized world want Saudi Arabia to continue to practice these brutal killings?
In the USA, the people demand a humane death process in the name of justice. There are many that do not believe in the death sentence. Does a truly civilized country uphold life by deliberately avoiding the death sentence? There are countries in this world that view the death sentence as a form of uncivilized brutality. But, this is not about advocating for the global end of the death sentence, this is about what should be conducted for justice in the death of an endeared Washington Post journalist and man interested in the future of Saudi Arabia.
I doubt that dialogue by Jamal Khashoggi exists anywhere. No one images being murdered and what they would want for a sentence for their murderers. I think this is such a public death with intimate knowledge of the killing that the people within the profession of journalism in consultation with the family and the former fiancee' of Jamal Khashoggi should consider what is called justice.
Should the public turn a blind eye to a death sentence by beheading or does the public demand a humane change in Saudi Arabian law that carries out a death sentence that is far less brutal? I can't answer that question. I am not a fiancee', a son, a friend or a close peer to this wonderfully brave man who's sword was a newspaper. My purpose is to reflect on the moment and bring thought to actions.
In the USA, the people demand a humane death process in the name of justice. There are many that do not believe in the death sentence. Does a truly civilized country uphold life by deliberately avoiding the death sentence? There are countries in this world that view the death sentence as a form of uncivilized brutality. But, this is not about advocating for the global end of the death sentence, this is about what should be conducted for justice in the death of an endeared Washington Post journalist and man interested in the future of Saudi Arabia.
I doubt that dialogue by Jamal Khashoggi exists anywhere. No one images being murdered and what they would want for a sentence for their murderers. I think this is such a public death with intimate knowledge of the killing that the people within the profession of journalism in consultation with the family and the former fiancee' of Jamal Khashoggi should consider what is called justice.
Should the public turn a blind eye to a death sentence by beheading or does the public demand a humane change in Saudi Arabian law that carries out a death sentence that is far less brutal? I can't answer that question. I am not a fiancee', a son, a friend or a close peer to this wonderfully brave man who's sword was a newspaper. My purpose is to reflect on the moment and bring thought to actions.
16 November 2018
Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor (click here) has released the findings of a long-awaited investigation of the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying that a team of Saudi agents who had been dispatched to Istanbul with orders to bring him home alive had instead killed the journalist and dismembered his body.
Saudi Arabia's crown prince had no knowledge of the operation, Shaalan al-Shaalan, a spokesman for the prosecutor, said at a news conference in Riyadh, the Saudi capital.
He said that 11 suspects had been indicted and that authorities were seeking the death penalty for five of them. None of the suspects were named.
Executions in Saudi Arabia are usually carried out publicly by beheading with a sword.
The order to kill Khashoggi, who had criticised the Saudi monarchy over the past year, had come from one of the leaders of the Saudi team in Istanbul, Shaalan said.
Prosecutor Saud al-Mojeb's conclusion - that the killing was authorised by relatively low-level officials who disobeyed orders and acted on the fly - contradicted assertions by Turkish investigators, who have said it was a meticulously planned affair, with elaborate preparations to cover up the crime that included the scouting of locations where Khashoggi's body could be disposed of in secret.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the slaying was premeditated and that the orders had come from "the highest levels of the Saudi government," without specifying exactly who was responsible....
