Post to keep attention on other dissident Saudis after Khashoggi’s death, editor suggests
After the death of Jamal Khashoggi, The Washington Post should keep an eye on other dissident Saudis, suggests the editor for the journalist apparently assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Turkey.
"It's to keep attention not just on this problem, but for all the problems within Saudi Arabia that Jamal himself was advocating for," Karen Attiah said of The Washington Post contributor during an interview with CNN on Sunday. "I think this is a unique opportunity for us to push for answers on the detainment and -- other performers and activists."
She enumerated a number of activists under duress by the Saudi government.
"Essam al-Zamel, the economist who was jailed basically for criticizing Vision 2030, Mohammed bin Salman's economic plan, or Loujain al-Hathloul, the women's driving activist who was snatched up from the UAE and has been sitting somewhere, we think, in a jail somewhere in Saudi Arabia," she said. "But we're not sure."
"I mean, now's the time to really focus attention on these others who have been disappeared or detained for -- without due process."
The newspaper will also be more generous with coverage of the Saudi-led war on Yemen, Attiah suggested as well as "the kidnapping of...the Lebanese prime minister, Saad Hariri."
"It's about really pressing for accountability on Saudi Arabia, which is supposed to be a reliable partner, and has shown that it is anything but," she said. "So, we're going to continue shouting, and we're going to continue pressing our US officials to do more.”
Saudi operatives tortured, murdered, and dismembered Khashoggi at the monarchy’s consulate in Istanbul on October 2, according to Turkish authorities.
As Ankara appears to be in possession of solid evidence, the Saudis are busy devising a scenario that would shield the royal family and particularly Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman from being implicated in the embarrassing assassination on diplomatic grounds.
Saudi Arabia acknowledged the murder for the first time on Friday, yet leaving many questions unanswered.
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