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Saudi Arabia has reportedly detained senior royals and officials in a crackdown seen as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's latest attempt to consolidate power.

Here’s what you need to know: aje.io/3hwu9
1- On Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported the detentions of two of the most prominent royal family members:

- Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, a younger brother of Saudi King Salman

- Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the king's nephew and former crown prince aje.io/e7fta
2- The crackdown reportedly broadened on Saturday to include dozens of interior ministry officials, senior army officers and others suspected of supporting a coup attempt. aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/s…

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3- The detentions raised speculation about King Salman's health and whether MBS's ascension to the throne was imminent.

However, on Sunday the official Press Agency released images of the king carrying out official duties aje.io/gs89l
4- Who are Saudi Arabia's senior royal family members who were reportedly detained in the latest crackdown?

Read more about King Salman's youngest brother, Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz👉aje.io/8ggv7

& former Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef 👉aje.io/33pbw
In just three years, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has silenced nearly all voices of dissent at home, with critics jailed, even killed.

So what are the implications of this crackdown?

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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 September 2017, the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post hired #Saudi journalist #JamalKhashoggi.
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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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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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#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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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
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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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