Post by Carl LaFong on Oct 7, 2021 23:53:24 GMT
The criticism was led by Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn), the group founded by Khashoggi before he was killed – and his body cut to pieces with a bone saw – after being lured to the Saudi consulate in Turkey in 2018.
US intelligence agencies have since concluded that the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, approved the murder. This has been denied by the Saudi government.
“Newcastle has sold its name and reputation to a brutal government with a brutal ruler,” Dawn’s executive director, Sarah Leah Whitson, said.
“They may as well put Bin Salman’s picture on the club’s emblem. It is now more apparent than ever that English football will sell itself to anyone, no matter how abhorrent their crimes, if they offer up enough money.
“I don’t think people really understand the corrupting influence that this deal will have. It normalises a dictator who literally goes around butchering journalists.”
US intelligence agencies have since concluded that the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, approved the murder. This has been denied by the Saudi government.
“Newcastle has sold its name and reputation to a brutal government with a brutal ruler,” Dawn’s executive director, Sarah Leah Whitson, said.
“They may as well put Bin Salman’s picture on the club’s emblem. It is now more apparent than ever that English football will sell itself to anyone, no matter how abhorrent their crimes, if they offer up enough money.
“I don’t think people really understand the corrupting influence that this deal will have. It normalises a dictator who literally goes around butchering journalists.”