Khashoggi, other journalists named Time ‘Person of the Year’

Khashoggi, other journalists named Time ‘Person of the Year’

Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo and staff of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland were also honoured.

 

Khashoggi is believed to have been murdered inside the Saudi consulate in October 2018. (AFP pic)
NEW YORK:
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in October at his country’s Istanbul consulate, was on Tuesday named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” alongside several other journalists.

The magazine also honoured Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo — currently imprisoned in Myanmar — and the staff of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, including five members killed in a June shooting.

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