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Jamal Khashoggi

Also known as Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi, Jamal Khashuqji, Jamāl Khāshuqjī, Khāshuqjī, Jamāl, Jamal Ahmed Khashuqji, Jamal Ahmad Khashuqji, Jamal Ahmad Hamza Khashoggi

Jamal Ahmad Hamza Khashoggi was a Saudi journalist, dissident, author, columnist and editor. Khashoggi was assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 by agents of the Saudi government at the behest of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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Jamal Khashoggi was a Saudi journalist and columnist who wrote critically about his government. He was killed in 2018 at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by Saudi government agents, an assassination that was ordered by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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Official website: jamalkhashoggi.com
Image: Jamal Khashoggi in March 2018 (cropped).jpg
Number of children: 4

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date of birth: 1958-10-13
name in native language: جمال خاشقجي
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date of death: 2018-10-02
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Jamal Ahmad Hamza Khashoggi (13 October 1958 – 2 October 2018) was a Saudi journalist, dissident, author, columnist and editor. Khashoggi was assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 by agents of the Saudi government at the behest of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Khashoggi was the editor of the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al Watan, which was considered a platform for Saudi progressives. Khashoggi fled Saudi Arabia in September 2017 and went into self-imposed exile. He said that the Saudi government had "banned him from Twitter", and he later wrote newspaper articles critical of the Saudi government. Khashoggi had been critical of the Saudi rulers, King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. He also opposed the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.