This week's news - February 27th

US intelligence agencies have concluded in a recently declassified report that it was indeed the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, who approved of the 2018 murder of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Biden’s administration didn’t target the future Saudi king with any sanctions, instead issuing new “Khashoggi policy”, which is supposed to impose visa sanctions on individuals who engage in “counter-dissident” activities while acting on behalf of foreign governments.

My main concern on this topic is the Khashoggi policy, or rather if it will be used only against people that personally engage in these counter-dissident activities, like harassment or surveillance, or will the people that ordered them to do so will also be sanctioned, since the policy itself is not very clear on who it’s supposed to sanction, Also, visa sanctions seem like a pretty small penalty, considering how easy it is to sneak into US, especially through the Mexican-American border. Not sanctioning the Saudi crown prince also isn’t something new, and many of USA’s administration had done so, not wanting to hurt their relations with one of the largest oil producers in the world, and arguably most important and powerful country in the Middle East.












Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/26/jamal-khashoggi-mohammed-bin-salman-us-report

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  1. englishdiary2 marca 2021 03:39

    Unless business, top politicians an celebrities start boycotting these regimes, they will be flourishing for a long time.
    There's a similar story about UAE, which apparently kidnapped two of their princesses who dared to defect to Britain. And in spite of a British investigation into the matter and reports of immigrants' abuse and human rights issues, a lot of UK politicians (Theresa May) and celebrities participated in various events meant to promote the country and millions of tourists have flocked to Dubai.

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