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Stop Military Aid to Saudi Arabia

The regime must be held accountable for Jamal Khashoggi.
Source: Murad Sezer / Reuters

By now you’ve seen the headlines: An American resident, a Saudi Arabian journalist who wrote for , has gone missing abroad and is presumed dead. Jamal Khashoggi was last seen walking into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, and Turkish security officials believe he was killed “on the orders of the Saudi royal court,” . He was a vocal critic of the lack of free speech in Saudi Arabia, which makes his sudden disappearance all the more suspicious given the Saudis’ aversion to public dissent.

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