The Biden White House should not have interfered with the law. Joe wants to be re-elected, huh? I wish him a lot of luck. He will need it.
By Stephanie Kirchgaessner
A US judge has dismissed (click here) a case against Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman for conspiring to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying the crown prince was entitled to sovereign immunity despite “credible allegations” that he was involved in the murder.
Judge John Bates, a US district court judge with a long history of presiding over cases involving national security, acknowledged “uneasiness” in making the decision, but said that his hands were in effect tied by the Biden administration’s recent recommendation that Prince Mohammed be given immunity.
The decision to dismiss the charges, which were brought by Khashoggi’s fiancee Hatice Cengiz, and Dawn, a pro-democracy group founded by the murdered journalist, likely marks the end of efforts to hold the future Saudi king accountable for the 2018 murder....
The Biden White House has just put every American journalist in the world on notice that if their writing is too heavy handed they can be killed for it. The Khashoggi murder was heinous. He was on foreign soil and believed safe as he went to the Saudi mission to obtain paperwork to clear his marriage. There is no way anyone involved should have walked.
The Diplomatic Relations Act of 1978, 22 U.S.C. § 254a et seq. governs diplomatic immunity in the United States. Title 22 specifies the degree of protection awarded to diplomatic personnel; protection increases in parallel with the official's status within a diplomatic mission. Article 31 of the Vienna Convention provides for three exceptions to the diplomatic immunity which are as follows:...
The Biden White House never put the journalist first in realizing the extent immunity will bring about more danger to journalists in the field. This is a huge mistake.
This and the rail unions are starting to add up.
By Fahmy Hudome
Washington - Today, Mrs. Hanan Elatr Khashoggi (click here) was invited to meet with senior officials at the White House as President Biden prepares to depart for the Middle East. Mrs. Khashoggi was accompanied by her attorney, Randa Fahmy, Esq., of Fahmy Hudome International.
Mrs. Khashoggi conveyed her thanks to President Biden for fulfilling his commitment to human rights and his promise to investigate her husband's murder in a transparent and fair manner. She also expressed her thanks to the President for publicly releasing the intelligence report which led to a very painful understanding of exactly what happened to her husband....
Bring the journalists home. This is a window of danger and disrespect that has opened.
Jamal Khashoggi was murdered because he believed in free speech. His knowledge of Saudi Arabia would bring criticism to the Prince. Criticism is leveled to bring about awareness, dialogue and resolve of issues overlooked or misunderstood by the people in power. He did nothing illegal. He loved the people of Saudi Arabia and it drove him to become a champion for their causes. He was a hero. His memory will always be laced with his willingness to speak out when so few others did not. He was an American through and through and he believed in the principles this country was founded.
Inquiry into the killing of Mr. Jamal Kashoggi (click here)
Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
She also sought permission to conduct a similar country-visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, but such a visit did not take place.
Similarly, she also requested and had meetings with other relevant stakeholders.
Who is going to stand with Dr. Azzam Tamimi?
Trump’s decision (click here) to recognize Al-Quds as the capital of Israeli occupation has the potential to further inflame tensions across the Middle East and the world know how by watching Dr Azzam Tamimi lecture at the International Islamic University-Maylaysia organized by: International Center for Global Peace
Saudi Arabia and Israeli technology company NSO (click here) are facing another legal challenge in the UK, after British-Jordanian human rights activist Dr Azzam Tamimi launched legal proceedings against them.
Tamimi was a friend of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018.
He is being represented by law firm Bindmans and the Global Legal Action Network, which earlier this year launched a similar case on behalf of three other UK-based civil society leaders and human rights activists, who claim they were hacked by the UAE and Saudi Arabia using NSO’s Pegasus software.
Tamimi, the founder and editor-in-chief of satellite television channel Al-Hiwar, says he was targeted by the Saudi state using the same spyware. His case in the High Court of England & Wales against NSO Group and Saudi Arabia is based on a claim for breach of privacy....
Dubai, UAE - A US citizen jailed in Saudi Arabia (click here) is being punished for "mild" Twitter posts on topics including the war in Yemen and the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, his son told AFP on Wednesday.
Saad Ibrahim Almadi, a 72-year-old of Saudi origin, was this month sentenced to 16 years in prison, the latest in a spate of what human rights groups describe as draconian sentences for social media criticism of the government.
The case risks further ratcheting up tensions between Riyadh and Washington, longtime partners currently at odds over oil output cuts approved by the OPEC+ cartel, which the White House says amount to "aligning with Russia" in the Ukraine war.
Almadi was detained on arrival in Saudi Arabia in November last year for what was meant to be a two-week trip, said his son Ibrahim, who went public with the case this week, criticizing US officials for failing to do more to secure his release.
The State Department said on Tuesday 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 be criminalized"...
WHO IS GOING TO STAND WITH THEM NOW?
By Manoja Gupta
The murder of renowned (click here) Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif seems to be the latest headache for India's neighbor as Inter-Services Public Relations (ISRP) and ISI leadership came together for a rare press conference to discuss the killing in cold blood of Sharif. He was shot by police in Kenya....
