LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), a network of prominent media and freedom of expression organizations across the continent, today condemned the October 2, 2018 gruesome murder of renowned Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, saying a country that indulges in such barbaric behaviour ought…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump has called the response to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi ”the worst cover-up” in history as the US announced it would sanction Saudi Arabian officials who are implicated in the death. Mr Trump was speaking hours after Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed Riyadh’s efforts to blame Mr…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for five human rights activists, including a female rights defender, rights groups have said. Israa al-Ghomgham, a Shia activist arrested with her husband in 2015, will be tried in the country’s terrorism tribunal even though charges she faces are only related to peaceful activism, Human…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 17,000 intending pilgrims from Nigeria may have missed this year’s hajj exercise, as Saudi authorities closed all entries to the Kingdom at midnight, yesterday. The Saudi government officially shut border points, including air, sea and land, two days before the day of Arafat, which is scheduled for Monday, August…