Khashoggi Ban

Khashoggi Ban is a sanction and visa restriction announced by the United States Department of State in memory of the Saudi journalist and political dissenter Jamal Khashoggi. It "allows the United States Department of State to impose visa restrictions on individuals who, acting on behalf of a foreign government, are believed to have been directly engaged in serious extraterritorial counter-dissident activities."[1][2][3][4] As of February 2021, it is imposed on 76 Saudi Arabian citizens who are alleged to engaged with the government in counter dissident activities.[5][6] Family members of such individuals also may be subject to visa restrictions under this policy, where appropriate. The United States Department of State has also been directed to report on any such extraterritorial activities by any government in United States annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.[7] The US Department of state also informed that extraterritorial threats and assaults by Saudi Arabia[8] against activists, dissidents, and journalists will not be tolerated.[9]

References
  1. "Khashoggi ban: US to impose visa ban on 76 Saudi citizens". www.aljazeera.com.
  2. "Jamal Khashoggi's murder: US imposes sanctions, visa bans on Saudis – Details". mint. February 27, 2021.
  3. "US imposes sanctions, visa bans on Saudis for Jamal Khashoggi's killing". India Today. February 27, 2021.
  4. "U.S. announces 'Khashoggi ban' for 76 Saudi individuals". Reuters. February 26, 2021 – via www.reuters.com.
  5. "U.S. imposes sanctions, visa bans on Saudis for journalist Khashoggi's killing". The Hindu. February 27, 2021 – via www.thehindu.com.
  6. Atwood, Kylie; Kaufman, Ellie (February 26, 2021). "State Department enacts "Khashoggi Ban" visa restriction". CNN.
  7. "Accountability for the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi".
  8. Vivian Salama, Alex Marquardt and Kylie Atwood (March 3, 2021). "Biden administration never considered MBS sanctions a viable option in response to Khashoggi report". CNN. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  9. "Accountability for the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi".


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