"He began to write columns for The Washington Post with a candid admission: "It was painful for me several years ago when several friends were arrested," he wrote. "I said nothing. I didn't want to lose my job or my freedom. I worried about my family. I have made a different choice now. I have left my home, my family and my job, and I am raising my voice. To do otherwise would betray those who languish in prison. I can speak when so many cannot.""
"The following summer, the Crown Prince lifted the traditional ban on women driving. But first his government arrested numerous women's rights advocates, accusing them of "nefarious contacts with foreign parties." "The message is clear to all," wrote Khashoggi. "Activism of any sort has to be within the government, and no independent voice or counter-opinion will be allowed. Everyone must stick to the party line.""
Jamal Khashoggi fled Saudi Arabia in June 2017 after increasing criticism of the government and being banned from Twitter. US intelligence agencies concluded that his 2018 murder inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul was carried out in an operation approved by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Khashoggi wrote candid columns describing the pain of remaining silent when friends were arrested and his decision to speak out despite risks. The Crown Prince lifted the ban on women driving while detaining activists, signaling that independent voices would not be tolerated. Khashoggi entered the consulate to obtain marriage documents and never emerged; his last column called for free expression in the Arab world.
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