News - 6 Marzo Renzi Gives International Recognition to the Saudis for Petty Cash and the Limelight Not only did Matteo Renzi fail to question MBS about his role in the brutal murder of Jamal Kashoggi and the violation of civil and human rights in his country, but Renzi declared that, "Saudi (Arabia) could be the place of a new Renaissance for the future". The former Prime Minister and Mayor of Florence has come under attack for providing an assist to the Saudis with an embarrassing display of subservience. Renzi is on the FII's board of trustees, for which he receives an annual salary of $80,000. In exchange, he has provided the Saudis with international legitimation and implicit friendship with Italy.
News - 1 Ottobre 2019 Khashoggi’s Murder, Jamal’s Fiancée Hatice Cengiz Calls for Justice The world is only aware of Jamal Khashoggi’s public face, especially his journalistic work and his criticism against the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and King Salman. It is no coincidence that in September 2017, Mr. Khashoggi decided to flee his country and go into a self-imposed exile. However, in the eyes of Cengiz, he was much more: he was her everything. “I miss him like a friend, a husband, sometimes also like a brother and a father. At first, I didn’t think we could have a special relationship", she said.
News - 30 Settembre 2019 One Year After Khashoggi’s Murder, His Prophecy on Yemen Has Been Fulfilled Khashoggi was only wrong about the permanent reputational price Saudi Arabia would have to pay. Having survived the initial heat, MBS is no longer a global pariah. The Saudi economic conference, snubbed last year, is set to be well-attended, thanks especially to Western concerns about global oil supply. US and UK arms sales continue unabated; the Trump administration bypassed Congress to authorize an additional $8 billion in sales earlier this year.
News - 12 Ottobre 2018 Trump’s War on “Fake News”: The Ripple Effect on Journalists Around the World From America to around the world, the U.S. led-attack on free press has made life dangerous for all journalists. On October 2 Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi columnist for The Washington Post and a U.S. resident, entered Saudi Arabia's Consulate in Istanbul but has not been seen since. Turkish officials say they believe Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi Consulate. This would serve as another example of the extent of the repercussions journalists might face for simply voicing their concern towards a regime.
New York - 25 Settembre 2018 Trump on Sovereignty: “Make Their Countries Great Again” In proclaiming nationalism and sovereignty to be virtues of a democratic republic, Trump reveals what it means for a country to be ‘great’ and who in his eyes gets to be sovereign. He applauds Poland, Israel, and Saudi Arabia while speaking ill of Germany, Venezuela, and Iran.
News - 17 Agosto 2018 UN-SG Annual Report Disregards Accountability for War Crimes in Yemen UN Chief Antonio Guterres’ Annual Report on the Work of the Organization released on Tuesday barely touches on the intensifying Yemeni conflict, underlining the UN’s failure to appropriately condemn the war crimes of the Saudi-UAE-US-UK-led coalition.
Politica - 17 Novembre 2017 Che accadrà ancora con bin Salman, l’erede al trono saudita “uscito di testa”? Per gli amici è “MBS”, un po’ come “JFK”, almeno secondo i suoi pubblicisti. Più giovane ministro della Difesa al mondo a 29 anni, ha portato il suo Paese a combattere la guerra disastrosa nello Yemen. Da allora, si è scontrato con il resto della Famiglia Reale, con il Clero e le Forze Armate, nonché con l’Iran, la Turchia, il Libano, la Giordania, il Qatar, l’Iraq e pure - si dice - con la CIA
Politica - 22 Giugno 2017 Un colpo al cerchio e uno alla botte: l’ipocrisia USA nel Qatar Mentre l'amministrazione Trump sostiene l'isolamento dell'Emirato, decretato da Arabia Saudita, Bahrein, EAU, Egitto, Yemen e Maldive, gli USA continuano a fare affari con il Qatar, sede del quartier generale dello USA Central Command che supervisiona le operazioni militari in Medio Oriente
U.N. - 30 Maggio 2017 At the UN Yemen’s Tragedy in the Spotlight, but Only for a Day Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Yemen, at the UN Security Council: "We are not close to an agreement. The reluctance of the key parties to embrace concessions needed for peace remains extremely troubling. Yemenis are suffering because of this delay".
U.N. - 14 Luglio 2016 Saudi Arabia Must Be Suspended from UNHRC Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have documented numerous human rights violations by Saudi Arabia in Yemen that break international humanitarian law, prompting them to call on the international community and the UN to stop letting the nation off unabated