A Saudi journalist tweeted against the government – and was executed for ‘high treason’
by Stephanie Kirchgaessner from World news | The Guardian on (#6Y29V)
The death of Turki al-Jasser was the first high-profile killing of a journalist since the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi
The tweet posted by Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser in 2014 was chillingly prescient: The Arab writer can be easily killed by their government under the pretext of national security'," he wrote.
On Saturday, the Saudi interior ministry announced that al-Jasser had been executed in Riyadh, for crimes including high treason by communicating with and conspiring against the security of the Kingdom with individuals outside it".
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