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A year later, Jamal Khashoggi’s killing has taught regional governments the wrong lessons
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Oct 05, 2019 05:17pm |
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| Category | Analysis |
| Author | Nabih Bulos |
| News Date | Saturday, October 5, 2019 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Far from being a wake-up call, the gruesome murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi just over a year ago appears to have instilled a negative lesson — that stifling dissent, even in a lurid fashion, can have limited consequences.
Since Khashoggi was choked and dismembered by Saudi agents in the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul, murders, imprisonment, hostage-taking and enforced disappearances of journalists have increased worldwide, according to Reporters Without Borders. A total of 80 journalists were killed in 2018, another 348 were imprisoned and 60 held hostage, the group said.
Western governments have long treated human rights in the region as a matter of concern but one that could largely be ignored in favor of lucrative business deals and security arrangements. |
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