5 Saudis sentenced to death for role in killing Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
December 23, 2019, 11:55 AMJamal Khashoggi was a vocal critic of the ruling royal family and brutally murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last year.LONDON -- Five men have been sentenced to death for their roles in the killing of former Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashogghi, Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor announced Monday.
The Committee to Protect Journalists and other press freedom activists hold a candlelight vigil in front of the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C., to mark the anniversary of the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul, Oct. 2, 2019. Khashogghi lived in the U.S. in exile, where he penned several articles critical of the Saudi regime, and particularly bin Salman's purported modernizing agenda.
In this Dec. 15, 2014, file photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a news conference in Manama, Bahrain. A court in Saudi Arabia on Monday sentenced five people to death for the killing of the Washington Post columnist.
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