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The Disappearance of a Saudi Critic Signals a Broader Danger for Journalists

“We’re seeing targeted killings even outside war zones.”
Source: Reuters

On October 2, Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to obtain paperwork in order to get married to his Turkish fiancée. The Saudi journalist and dissident hasn’t been seen or heard from since then, though there has been no shortage of morbid speculation about his fate.

has hardly been countryAccording to more than 15 people in Saudi Arabia have been detained since last September, and “in most cases, their arrests have never officially been confirmed and no official has ever said where they are being held or what they

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