Why The Threats and Permanent Silencing Of Journalists Should Make Us Turn Up The Volume

We need truth tellers now more than ever

The brutal slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi consulate in Istanbul, has been disastrously handled by the Saudi Arabian kingdom, as they grapple with the responsibility of having to atone for the global crime against humanity, while desperately trying to maintain the momentum with super powers that are cowering away from the burden of stained association.

The United States wasn’t among the progressive nations to initially strongly condemn the murder of a world-renowned journalist, who had been employed by The Washington Post prior to his death. His op-eds were precisely geared towards systemic enlightenment with the patriotically hopeful tendencies that are all too familiar to writers — who hail from countries that are paralyzed by morally corrupt regimes.

As a Nigerian-American, I am acutely appalled by the way the country of my birth has betrayed me by outright refusing to express horror at the criminality of a disturbingly vile event — and displaying the incapacity to humanely assess the inhumane slaughter of Khashoggi.

President Trump, who has spent his almost 700 days in office, energetically attacking the media by demonizing the…