The Saudi journalist Turki bin Abdulaziz al-Jasser He was executed last Saturday, June 14 in Saudi Arabia, after being accused of betrayal and other positions related to his activism In defense of human rights and your criticisms of the regime.
Turki al-Jasser, 45 years old, he was recognized for his work as Independent journalist and for their complaints through blogs and social networks about the corruption in the Saudi government, The authoritarianism of the regime and the lack of freedom in the kingdom. Various reports pointed it as the alleged anonymous administrator of the account Kashkol On Twitter (today X), which published sensitive information about the royal family and the Prince's environment.
Since its forced disappearance in March 2018, Little was officially known about his whereabouts. He was arrested at his home by Saudi security forces, accused of administering said anonymous account, considered by the Government as a “Threat to national security.”
In 2024 he was finally tried in secret procedures, without international observers or minimum guarantees of due process. The positions included “high betrayal”, “Financing of terrorism” and “dissemination of information harmful to the image of the kingdom.”
The Supreme Supreme Court ratified the death penalty in May 2025. The execution was carried out by decapitation in a prison, according to official sources.
► The silence of allied governments
So far, Western governments have reacted with lukewarm or silence before the case, in contrast to the forcefulness of civil organizations.
Organizations like him Committee for the protection of journalists (CPJ)Reporters without borders (RSF) y Amnesty International They strongly condemned the fact. Carlos Martínez de la Serna, CPJ Programs DirectorHe said that “the lack of accountability for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi encouraged the Saudi regime to continue his brutal persecution against critical journalists.”
For its part, Jeed Basyouni, regional reprieve directorhe described the case as “The culmination of a pattern of systematic repression against freedom of expression in Saudi Arabia, where the use of the death penalty has been normalized to silence dissident voices ”.
► wwe in the face of the repressive context in Saudi Arabia
The execution of Al-Jjser adds to a Alarming increase in executions in Saudi Arabia. In 2024 alone, more than 330 were registered, many of them related to alleged crimes of terrorism or ambiguous charges used against activists.
The execution of Turki al-Jjser marks an extremely worrying precedent: He is the first journalist officially executed in Saudi Arabia for reasons directly linked to his informative work. His death underlines the risk that those who dare to question power in the kingdom face and raise doubts about the international commitment to the defense of press freedom.
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