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Tag: Saudi Arabia
Snowden: Israeli Spyware Used By Governments To Pursue Journalists Targeted For Assassination
Snowden also noted that in addition to its role in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the NSO Group’s most notorious software product was regularly used by the government of Mexico to target journalists. TEL AVIV — NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden told an Israeli audience on Tuesday that surveillance software designed by an Israeli company had been used Read More…
American Detained By US Military Without Charge For Over A Year Finally Set Free
A U.S. citizen illegally detained by the Trump administration for more than a year was finally set free thanks to the work of the American Civil Liberties Union. I have been following the saga of the American citizen who was detained by the U.S. military in September 2017 while fleeing from violence in Syria. This Read More…
Media Silent As Another Journalist Is Tortured To Death By Saudi Arabia
A Saudi journalist was arrested and tortured to death after authorities claimed he administered a Twitter account which disclosed human rights violations committed by Saudi authorities and the royal family. Saudi journalist and writer Turki Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Jasser has died after being tortured while in prison, the New Khaleej recently reported. The news outlet cited human rights Read More…
Crown Prince Launches Saudi Arabia’s First Nuclear Reactor Same Day Sanctions Hit Iran
In but the latest after an insane month of news featuring the kingdom since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the AP reports Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman laid the ceremonial foundation stone for Saudi Arabia’s first nuclear research reactor on Monday. The site is the first of 16 planned reactor sites to be Read More…
UK To Introduce U.N. Resolution To End Yemen War; Pompeo Says Iran Responsible For Famine
At the end of the same week that the Trump administration announced a 30-day deadline to reach a ceasefire in Yemen, it was revealed the United Kingdom is planning to introduce a United Nations Security Council resolution that seeks to end of the war. According to a Friday ABC News report, citing diplomatic sources, the British could introduce the Read More…






