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This resolution commemorates the seventh anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi's murder and calls for accountability, highlighting the broader context of human rights violations in Saudi Arabia. The resolution recalls that Khashoggi was a Saudi journalist who went into self-imposed exile in the United States and was brutally killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018. It notes that the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence found that Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman approved the operation to capture or kill Khashoggi. The resolution condemns Saudi Arabia's continued suppression of free expression through tactics like enforced disappearances, unjust detentions, and transnational repression, which Freedom House defines as governments reaching across borders to silence dissent. Specifically, the resolution calls on the Saudi government to ensure accountability for Khashoggi's murder by holding sanctioned individuals responsible, release wrongfully detained individuals like Nourah al-Qahtani and Abdulrahman Alsadhan, and respect citizens' rights to freedom of assembly, association, and press. The document underscores these demands within the context of the strategic U.S.-Saudi relationship and ongoing human rights concerns.

Government Affairs

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/473/all-info