The US House of Representatives has approved a plan to restrict arms sales to Riyadh.
The US House of Representatives unanimously approved a plan to restrict arms sales to the Riyadh government following the assassination of a critical journalist at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation restricting arms sales to Saudi Arabia over the gruesome killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018.
The legislation, called the “Protection of Saudi Dissidents Act of 2021”, passed the House with a bipartisan majority, 350 to 71 votes. It is unclear if the Senate will take up the measure.
The bill passed the House with a two-thirds majority, required under a fast-track process for bills that receive widespread support.
Recently, the US government released a report on the assassination of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist for the Washington Post, stating that the assassination was carried out on the direct orders of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Jamal Khashoggi, a journalist critical of the Saudi regime, disappeared in October 2018 after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey; By silencing and denying the incident, the Saudi regime finally announced under pressure from the international community that Khashoggi had been killed at the Saudi consulate. 219
