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(115,836 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)lilactime
(657 posts)exboyfil
(17,865 posts)Or maybe all journalists murdered by states.
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,621 posts)He died because he stayed true to his principles, and evil people hated him because of it.
He had to have been born a universe away from the monsters who did this, and who condone this.
He will be remembered with respect and humility. A world should mourn his passing.
NBachers
(17,136 posts)Don Bolles is still remembered 42 years after he was murdered- Kashoggi's name will still ring long after I've passed from this Earth.
Cha
(297,655 posts)Although his name did sound familiar.. I lived in Phoenix from 1962 to '67.
Don Bolles murder reverberates 42 years later in a changed world
It was a different time: Reporters filed stories on typewriters, editors worked copy with pencils. The news wasn't the news until the morning Republic landed on doorsteps or the afternoon Gazette hit the streets. One headline could alter events.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/don-bolles/2018/06/01/arizona-republic-reporter-don-bolles-murder-reverberates-42-years-later/658390002/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Bolles
Cha
(297,655 posts)to GET JUSTICE!
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Spit in the eye of the barbaric authoritarian rulers!
mahina
(17,696 posts)Talitha
(6,613 posts)kozar
(2,129 posts)If my Father in law, who served proudly in WW2 who we put under today, cannot get this honor. Yes that was sarcasm/biased, then my next vote vote goes to TRUE PATRIOTS who ,gasp, willingly walked into a situation where he knew he would die.
Where is the next American hero that lives?
Koz
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(49,407 posts)byronius
(7,401 posts)TomVilmer
(1,832 posts)TIME Persons of the Year has been Adolf Hitler and Ayatollah Khomeini. It is not always a honor, just the individual or group of individuals who have had the biggest effect on the year's news. Well - and who can sell the most magazines.
Khashoggi seems to have been a good man, but he will mainly be remembered for being murdered. This event might change the world geopolitically, but Khashoggi is just the unwilling victim behind this.
Khashoggi will probably get a honorary mention at the International Press Freedom Awards next year.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)also, a heroic figure whose crusade has made a real difference in the U.S. and many other nations, notably Russia, and is still fighting that same battle with his own life clearly on the line. I checked Time, not even a cover so far.
It's not in their criteria, but it might cause Trump & Co to worry about the consequences of not protecting Mr. Browder from Putin, and even more facilitating his "extradition" and/or murder.
That said, as an indication of where our nation and the world is taking a scary turn, a murdered WaPo journalist who's "not a citizen, am I right?," Mr. Khashoggi should certainly meet their criteria.