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Activists protesting the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, hold a candlelight vigil outside Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. [AP]
The recent murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in his country’s Istanbul consulate has elicited mixed reactions from the international community and generated a lot of heat on Riyadh.
But what is seemingly lost on the world is what this heinous killing means for the freedom of the press globally. There is also the undying question of whether Turkey and the international community have any recourse against Saudi Arabia, especially now that evidence points towards a well-orchestrated murder by senior Saudi intelligence officials, or if they are willing to take it.
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