A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced five people to death for the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul last year.
The news was first reported by Saudi Arabia’s state-run Al-Ekhbariya TV, which also noted that three people were sentenced to prison for the crime.
The kingdom denied that Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman or his former top adviser Saud al-Qahtani, had any involved in the murder. Al-Qahtani was previously sanctioned by the United States for his role in the operation.
Mohammed al-Otaibi, who was Saudi consul-general in Istanbul at the time, was also found not guilty and was released from prison.
This comes after Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman denied his involvement in the operation in a 60 Minutes interview with CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell in September. He said he was “absolutely not” involved and called it a “heinous...
Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul last year.
The news was first reported by Saudi Arabia’s state-run Al-Ekhbariya TV, which also noted that three people were sentenced to prison for the crime.
The kingdom denied that Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman or his former top adviser Saud al-Qahtani, had any involved in the murder. Al-Qahtani was previously sanctioned by the United States for his role in the operation.
Mohammed al-Otaibi, who was Saudi consul-general in Istanbul at the time, was also found not guilty and was released from prison.
This comes after Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman denied his involvement in the operation in a 60 Minutes interview with CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell in September. He said he was “absolutely not” involved and called it a “heinous...
- 12/23/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Patrick Melrose producer Two Cities Television and Spotlight producer Topic Studios have partnered to bring a drama based on the life and death of Jamal Khashoggi to the small screen.
The two companies have optioned Jonathan Rugman’s The Killing in the Consulate: Investigating the Life and Death of Jamal Khashoggi, which is published this month by Simon & Schuster.
It comes a year after Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Eye In The Sky writer Guy Hibbert has come on board to adapt the book, which includes interviews with the likes of Khashoggi’s fiancée Hatice Cengiz as well as access to the Turkish investigation.
The rights were picked up from James Carroll at Northbank Talent Management.
Two Cities Television is a BBC Studios-backed firm run by Michael Jackson, the former President of Programming at USA Entertainment, Chairman of Universal Television and President of Programming for Iac,...
The two companies have optioned Jonathan Rugman’s The Killing in the Consulate: Investigating the Life and Death of Jamal Khashoggi, which is published this month by Simon & Schuster.
It comes a year after Khashoggi was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Eye In The Sky writer Guy Hibbert has come on board to adapt the book, which includes interviews with the likes of Khashoggi’s fiancée Hatice Cengiz as well as access to the Turkish investigation.
The rights were picked up from James Carroll at Northbank Talent Management.
Two Cities Television is a BBC Studios-backed firm run by Michael Jackson, the former President of Programming at USA Entertainment, Chairman of Universal Television and President of Programming for Iac,...
- 10/3/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Tom Holland, George MacKay, Harley Bird, Danny McEvoy, Anna Chancellor, Corey Johnson, Jonathan Rugman, Darren Morfitt, Stella Gonet, Des McAleer | Written by Jeremy Brock, Tony Grisoni, Penelope Skinner | Directed by Kevin Macdonald
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When Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) travels to the UK to visit her relatives it takes her time to open up and enjoy herself. Things soon take a turn for the worse though when war breaks out and as the family are split up through mandatory evacuation, Daisy finds...
War is something that changes lives forever, whether you be fighting in it or just a citizen. It rips communities apart and on a more personal level can affect your whole life. How I Live Now is a film that takes the impact of war and puts it at a very personal level, showing that though you may not be on the frontline lives can be changed forever.
When Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) travels to the UK to visit her relatives it takes her time to open up and enjoy herself. Things soon take a turn for the worse though when war breaks out and as the family are split up through mandatory evacuation, Daisy finds...
- 2/5/2014
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
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