Jamal Khashoggi is Time magazine's 'Person of the Year'
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The other journalists include Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo -- currently imprisoned in Myanmar -- and the staff of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, including five members killed in a June shooting.
The murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi and other journalists have been named Time magazine's "Person of the Year".
The other journalists include Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, a fierce critic of Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo -- currently imprisoned in Myanmar -- and the staff of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, including five members killed in a June shooting.
The Guardians—Jamal Khashoggi, the Capital Gazette, Maria Ressa, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo—are TIME's Person of the Year 2018 #TIMEPOY https://t.co/HvoEaW5oUi pic.twitter.com/9Mr0wBTmvj
— TIME (@TIME) December 11, 2018
Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on October 2.
Khashoggi was getting married the following day. He had gone to the consulate to pick up paperwork related to that.
The Saudis flew down a hit squad of 15 men to carry out the killing. Khashoggi's body was then dismembered with a bone saw and dissolved in acid.
The Saudis denied the murder for two weeks, before finally confessing to it.
America's CIA has since said the execution was ordered by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.