Another Saudi Journalist Tortured to Death, Will the Media Care This Time?

Another Saudi journalist has had his life prematurely ended by Saudi authorities. Instead of being tortured and and murdered overseas in a consulate like Istanbul, Turki Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Jasser was tortured while in detention in a Saudi prison.

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Human rights sources report that Jasser was first arrested and subsequently tortured to death for allegedly being the administrator of the Twitter account Kashkool. Kashkool was dislike by the Saudi powers-that-be due to it disclosing human rights violations committed by the authorities and the royal family.

The evidence connecting Jasser to the Twitter account that led to the arrest was apparently supplied by a spies in Twitter's Dubai regional office. Sources say the spies are part of the Saudi Cyber Army, which was created by the former aide of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, Saud Al-Qahtani.

Qahtani previously tweeted that fake names won't protect people from the Saudi authorities. If the Saudi authorities want to catch and punish you exposing their dirty laundry, they apparently are quite capable of doing it.

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The New York Times has also reported that Saudi Arabia has an "army of Twitter trolls" that targets critics of the Saudi regime. Jamal Khashogi and Turki Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Jasser fit that target group.

Jasser is one of many who have been arrested since the November 2017 "crackdown on corruption" initiated by the crown prince. Members of the royal family, government and businessmen have been arrested, with mainstream media estimating around 500 people in total. Authorities claim this anti-corruption campaign all aimed at "improving the Kingdom’s business environment".

More than $106 billion in financial settlements has been accrued. The Saudi Attorney General says only 381 people were questioned in this crackdown. There is a discrepancy of 120 people between that number and the sources in the mainstream media. What happened to them? Were they released? Or were they tortured and their arrests kept hidden to hide that fact? Or worse, that some have been killed as a result, just like Jasser?

it could be that if you have enough money to buy your way out of trouble with the Saudi authorities, you get released or remain in custody, alive. Those who aren't so wealthy may end up losing their life as torture is used to extract everything they can before they die.

I suppose this story won't be covered so much because it isn't as "sensational", having occurred in Saudi Arabia, and not in a consulate in another country. Or maybe it's not so important now that the elections are over and there is need to try to associate Trump with the crown prince? Maybe they just need a few days to learn about this new death of a journalist to care enough to talk about it. I'm not holding my breath expecting it to happen, ever. So much for caring about the lives of journalists, eh mainstream media?

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References:

• Saudi journalist tortured to death in prison
• Saudi Arabia MURDER: Fears a SECOND journalist brutally killed after Khashoggi torture
• Media Silent as Another Journalist is Tortured to Death by Saudi Arabia

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