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Since Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman came to power, #Saudi Arabia has murdered one journalist and jailed dozens, and is repeatedly accused of hacking.

This is the timeline of Saudi attacks on the press since Mohammed bin Salman was named Crown Prince in 2017.

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In June 2017, Mohammed bin Salman was named Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.

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In September 2017, the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post hired #Saudi journalist #JamalKhashoggi.
@WashPostPR Later the same year, in December 2017, CPJ's annual census found 12 journalists jailed in #Saudi Arabia, double the previous year, as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman cracked down on dissent.

Learn more about those 12 jailed journalists here: cpj.org/data/reports.p…
@WashPostPR In May 2018, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman allegedly hacked Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos via WhatsApp using spyware.

Read CPJ's reporting on the crown prince’s alleged hacking of Bezos here: cpj.org/2020/01/saudi-…
@WashPostPR According to @citizenlab, on October 1, 2018, #Khashoggi's close associate Omar Abdulaziz was hacked, likely by the #Saudi government.

Read @citizenlab's findings here: citizenlab.ca/2018/10/the-ki…
@WashPostPR @citizenlab Then, on October 2, 2018, #Saudi operatives murdered #JamalKhashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in #Istanbul.

Over a year later, there has yet to be #JusticeForJamal.
cpj.org/data/people/ja…
@WashPostPR @citizenlab Following #JamalKhashoggi's brutal murder, US senators invoked the 2012 Magnitsky Act on October 10, 2018.

The Magnitsky Act required Present Trump to investigate and determine within 120 days if a foreign person is responsible for #Khashoggi's death.
@WashPostPR @citizenlab On November 15, 2018, the US Department of Treasury sanctioned 17 #Saudi individuals, not including the crown prince, for their alleged roles in #Khashoggi's murder.
@WashPostPR @citizenlab The next day, on November 16, 2018, the CIA concluded that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered #Khashoggi's assassination.
@WashPostPR @citizenlab On November 20, 2018, President Trump stood behind US ties to #Saudi Arabia despite the killing of #Khashoggi.

"It could very well be that the Crown Prince had knowledge of this tragic event — maybe he did and maybe he didn't!" Trump said.
@WashPostPR @citizenlab On December 1, 2018, CPJ found 18 journalists imprisoned in #Saudi Arabia — 6 more than the previous year.

Learn more here: cpj.org/data/reports.p…
@WashPostPR @citizenlab On June 19, 2019, a UN special rapporteur's report found #Saudi Arabia responsible for #Khashoggi's "premeditated extrajudicial execution."
cpj.org/2019/06/US-UN-…
@WashPostPR @citizenlab @AgnesCallamard On December 1, 2019, CPJ found at least 26 journalists imprisoned in #Saudi Arabia, making it the world's third worst jailer of journalists (tied with Egypt, after China and Turkey).
cpj.org/reports/2019/1…
@WashPostPR @citizenlab @AgnesCallamard Then, on Jan. 22, 2020—this past Wednesday—UN special rapporteurs @AgnesCallamard & @davidakaye called for an investigation into the alleged hacking of Bezos' phone, which they describe as "an effort to influence, if not silence, The Washington Post's reporting on Saudi Arabia."
@WashPostPR @citizenlab @AgnesCallamard @davidakaye See the full timeline of #Saudi attacks on the press since Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman came to power.

You can find more CPJ reporting on Saudi Arabia here: cpj.org/mideast/saudi-…
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@WashPostPR @citizenlab @AgnesCallamard @davidakaye CPJ joins UN human rights experts in calling for an investigation into the alleged hacking of The Washington Post owner and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
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Mona Eltahawy
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You know what else is “magnificent?” Your complicity with #Saudi regime that has waterboarded, subjected to electric shock, threatened with rape, and kept in solitary confinement +8 months Loujain Alhathloul for her fight for women’s rights. She has been detained since May 2018
#Saudi feminist Loujain Al-Hathloul has been in solitary confinement for more than 8 months. The #Saudi regime detained her in 2018 for her fight to end the ban on women driving & male guardianship.

We remember you, Loujain
Loujain was detained in May 2018 in an unprecedented crackdown vs feminists. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman aide Saud al-Qahtani, personally oversaw her interrogation, which incl lauded waterboarding & threatened to rape & kill her wsj.com/articles/jaile…
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Mona Eltahawy
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In #Saudi Arabia, land of the “emancipator of women,” you are jailed, tortured and put on trial if you are a women’s rights activists. And you get arrested if you are related to those activists or if you support them. time.com/5564838/saudi-…
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The arrests are the latest reminder that de facto leader #Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman does not give a fuck about international condemnation of his brutality.
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Mona Eltahawy
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Same #Saudi regime that has imprisoned without charge women’s rights activists since May and tortured them, including via water boarding. Same Saudi regime whose counter extremism agency made a public service announcement conflating feminism with terrorism. It’s not about “first”
This is typical #Saudi regime MO. #Saudi Arabia subjects women to a form of gender apartheid that requires all girls and women to have a male guardian that controls almost every aspect of their life. It’s not about “first.”
This same “first woman ambassador” like all #Saudi women has a male guardian. It could be her father, husband, brother and even son. It’s not about “first.”
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Mona Eltahawy
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#Saudi feminist Loujain al-Hathloul, 29, was detained in May in unprecedented crackdown vs feminists. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman aide Saud al-Qahtani, personally oversaw her interrogation, which incl waterboarding & threatened to rape & kill her google.com/amp/s/www.wsj.…
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Glad to see some finally pay attention to misogyny in #Saudi Arabia - I call it gender apartheid. RIP Jamal Khashoggi. It should not be lost on us that it took the murder of a man for some to finally pay attention to women.
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It is all well & good that companies & lobbyists are reassessing #Saudi Arabia over reported murder of #JamalKhashogg. BUT! Where the fuck have all these people and firms been for decades? The violations of the #Saudi monarchy have never been a secret. nyti.ms/2CcsOjL
Glad to see people pay attention, finally, and I wish it hadn’t been over such a gruesome crime. I wish people and firms had started boycotting #Saudi royal family over its gender apartheid that affects all women there. Or the #Yemen war. Or jails full of activists. Or. And. Or.
This was my first oped about #Saudi Arabia for a US newspaper - ironically enough, The Washington Post. Fifteen schoolgirls had died in a fire because religious police wouldn’t let them out because the girls weren’t wearing a cloak and a headscarf washingtonpost.com/archive/opinio…
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1/ The #Saudi kidnapping of #Khashoggi reminds me of the kidnapping of #Hariri. It is meant to embarrass the other party, this time the gov of #Turkey, and provoke a diplomatic crisis. This is drug Cartel methods. It has no other goal than to assert power over the other.
2/ However, resorting to these methods to assert power in the political and international affairs sphere is always a sign of weakness and a sign of a power in crisis. #SaudiArabia
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