al-qahtani questioned prince al—waleed via a video link. once the interrogation was over, a royal visitor arrived. mohammed bin salman showed up minutes after we sat down with a big smile on his face, which led me to believe that he was watching the whole thing. i noticed four cameras in the corners of that suite. so i believe that he was watching the whole thing. after almost three months detention, prince al—waleed was released on. another detainee was treated more harshly, according to mahmoud refaat, a lawyer who's worked for several princes. he's also a long—standing critic of the saudi regime. he says punishment was meted out to prince miteb bin abdullah, former commander of the national guard, and mohammad bin salman‘s cousin. he says family members told him what happened. a secret informant inside the kingdom has alleged to the bbc that the abuse didn't stop at torture. he says one man was beaten to death. we can't independently verify his story, but it tallies with at least two other accounts of what took place. using an encr

but qahtani believed alan bender could help the prince to co—operate. saud al-qahtani was bragging about torturing those so—called royals, that's. .. "they are not real royals," that's what he said. he said, "we will treat them like dogs. " al-qahtani questioned prince al—waleed via a video link. once the interrogation was over, a royal visitor arrived. mohammed bin salman showed up minutes after we sat down with a big smile on his face, which led me to believe that he was watching the whole thing. i noticed four cameras in the corners of that suite. so i believe that he was watching the whole thing. after almost three months detention, prince al—waleed was released. another detainee was treated more harshly, according to mahmoud refaat, a lawyer who's worked for several princes. he's also a long—standing critic of the saudi regime. he says punishment was meted out to prince miteb bin abdullah, former commander of the national guard, and mohammad bin salman‘s cousin. he says family members told him what happened. a secret informant inside the

al-qahtani questioned prince al—waleed via a video link. once the interrogation was over, a royal visitor arrived. mohammed bin salman showed up minutes after we sat down with a big smile on his face, which led me to believe that he was watching the whole thing. i noticed four cameras in the corners of that suite. so i believe that he was watching the whole thing. after almost three months detention, prince al—waleed was released. another detainee was treated more harshly, according to mahmoud refaat, a lawyer who's worked for several princes. he's also a long—standing critic of the saudi regime. he says punishment was meted out to prince miteb bin abdullah, former commander of the national guard, and mohammad bin salman's cousin. he says family members told him what happened. a secret informant inside the kingdom has alleged to the bbc that the abuse didn't stop at torture. he says one man was beaten to death. we can't independently verify his story, but it tallies with at least two other accounts of what took place. using an encrypted

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al qahtani is a feared figure in saudi arabia he's ex-military and advisor to the royal court appointed by the crown prince they call m.b.'s muhammad bin salma he was responsible for directing the saudi troll army that went after the kingdom's critics online and reportedly spent so much time poring over twitter debates he was nicknamed mr hashtags last year al qahtani tweeted a warning to saudi dissidents telling them that using an alias on twitter would not be enough to hide their identity hinting that he had secret ways of finding them and just last month the new york times reported that saudi arabia had been better to spy inside twitter's operation to monitor accounts critical of riyadh accounts such as the one belonging to the late. i'll just. sort of comment this and then when mohammed bin selman took power the tunny became very important perhaps one of three key people surrounding the crown prince of his principle role was to steer the electronic army towards supporting muhammad in someone's decisions it also involved attacking critics he's not only implicated in official jews mur

al qahtani is a feared figure in saudi arabia he's ex-military and advisor to the royal court appointed by the crown prince they call m.b.'s muhammad bin salma he was responsible for directing the saudi troll army that went after the kingdom's critics online and reportedly spent so much time poring over twitter debates he was nicknamed mr hashtags last year al qahtani tweeted a warning to saudi dissidents telling them that using an alias on twitter would not be enough to hide their identity hinting that he had secret ways of finding them and just last month the new york times reported that saudi arabia had invented a spy inside twitter's operation to monitor accounts critical of riyadh accounts such as the one belonging to the late. i'll just. and i was so anomalous and then when mohammed bin selman took power the tunny became very important perhaps one of three key people surrounding the crown prince of his principle role was to steer the electronic army towards supporting muhammad in someone's decisions it also involved attacking critics he's not only implicated in official deeds murd

al qahtani is a feared figure in saudi arabia he's ex-military and advisor to the royal court appointed by the crown prince they call m.b.'s muhammad bin salma he was responsible for directing the saudi troll army that went after the kingdom's critics online and reportedly spent so much time poring over twitter debates he was nicknamed mr hashtags last year al qahtani tweeted a warning to saudi dissidents telling them that using an alias on twitter would not be enough to hide their identity hinting that he had secret ways of finding them and just last month the new york times reported that saudi arabia had invented a spy inside twitter's operation to monitor accounts critical of riyadh accounts such as the one belonging to the late i'll just. and i will sort of comment this and then when mohammed bin selman took power the tunny became very important perhaps one of three key people surrounding the crown prince of his principle role was to steer the electronic army towards supporting muhammad in someone's decisions it also involved attacking critics he's not only implicated in official de

al qahtani is a feared figure in saudi arabia he's ex-military and advisor to the royal court appointed by the crown prince they call m.b.'s muhammad bin salma he was responsible for directing the saudi troll army that went after the kingdom's critics online and reportedly spent so much time poring over twitter debates he was nicknamed mr hashtags last year al qahtani tweeted a warning to saudi dissidents telling them that using an alias on twitter would not be enough to hide their identity hinting that he had secret ways of finding them and just last month the new york times reported that saudi arabia had invented a spot inside twitter's operation to monitor accounts critical of riyadh accounts such as the one belonging to the late i'll just. and i was sort of comments and then when mohammed bin selman took power the tourney became very important perhaps one of three key people surrounding the crown prince of his principle role was to steer the electronic army toward supporting muhammad in someone's decisions it also involved attacking critics he's not only implicated in official deeds

ducted a charm offensive on the western news media al qahtani was ensuring the journalists back home told the line and the critics stayed silent he was reportedly fired over the murder but the chilling effect of his work remains our starting point this week israel. took all the two weeks the saudis insisted nothing happened and all kinds of explanations about what happened and now is responsible. after the murder of jamal khashoggi those initial denials from riyadh undone by all the evidence the announcements from saudi arabia cuts against what should fester get say from its side this building and the ensuing geo political public relations disaster one might have thought that the saudi authorities dealing with the media would be on their best behavior at least for a while. the death of a saudi arabian journalist given all the the case of put a key i'll just a blogger jailed earlier this year and his death after torture was revealed this past week could disprove that riyadh's war against journalism and criticism within goes on. certainly the message would appear to be that the saudi a

one of those alleged to have been involved is a man called saud al qahtani, the former media adviser to the crown prince and described by some as his enforcer. he has since been demoted by the regime. but was this the first suspicious death he'd been implicated in? here's joelle naayem. in november 2017, the saudi elite was gripped by panic. the crown prince mohammed bin salman ordered more than 200 princes, businessmen and government officials to be detained at a luxury ritz—carlton hotel in riyadh. it was described as an anti—corruption drive. back then, mbs, as he is also known, was talked of almost as a saudi robin hood. the bbc interviewed journalist jamal khashoggi about the event. i think we necessarily shouldn't give him the benefit of the doubt. yes, we need to punish corruption, but it is being done by one—man rule. khashoggi's concerns tended to be supported by the allegations emerging from the ritz—carlton. allegations that detainees had not just been stripped of their wealth, some had also been tortured. a secret informant inside the kingdom tells bbc that khasho

and mohamed fadel qahtani are proof of this. and julian cronan as a board member of the right livelihood award a foundation and a member of the jury she joins us from stucco welcome to. the side of the laureates we just saw still in jail what news have you had of that well we know that they know that they have to see a few words we know that they are in touch with their families but we also have no signs unfortunately that they're going to be released or pardon or whatever we had an action today at the saudi embassy to us with the unconditional immediate release handed over signatures this is a joint petition continue with amnesty international unfortunately no change of the fact that there's still all interest in and tell us then about the motivation behind the awards because a ok those those three activists in saudi arabia the only activists in saudi arabia i mean you kind of get the impression that part of the reason for awarding their sister make a political point. well we certainly when we made the decision in the jury we w

against seventeen saudis for their role in the murder former top aide to the crown prince of saudi qahtani and saudi consul general mohammed other tavi are among those targeted. theresa may standing firm as politicians from her conservative party launched a bid to remove her as british prime minister in response to her drop bricks agreement works at hardliners say the deal makes too many concessions to the e.u. and violates your case over to. bangladesh has suspended plans to start repatriating more seven hundred thousand range of a few g.'s to me and ma officials say they were on able to find anyone who was willing to go earlier on thursday thousands of hinges protested in refugee camps in bangladesh over the deal citing safety fears many also complained they'd been put on the transfer list. despite their opposition to returning here's what some of the refugees told about their fears before by this his announcement was under learned we didn't know how it i've been crying because of how sad i am that we might be sent back our relatives were killed in myanmar we were all persecuted there so

sanctions against seventeen saudis for their role in the murder former top aide to the crown prince qahtani and saudi consul general. among those targeted. and fortunes from two reason may's conservative party have launched a bid to remove her as britain's prime minister in response to her draft agreement that hardliners say the deal makes too many concessions to the e.u. and violates u.k. sovereignty. all returning now to our top story the. let's get more on those sanctions announced by the u.s. white house correspondent can be held in washington d.c. . how these sanctions going to work. right well these sanctions fall under the global magnitsky act and in the press release issued by the treasury department steve the treasury secretary is very clear about them he says that the seventeen individuals that are named are have had these sanctions leveled against them because they have a role in the killing of. he goes on to say that they must face consequences for their actions and this is the action that the united states is taking he goes on further to say however that the saudi arabian gover

sanctions against seventeen saudis for their role in the matter former top aide to the crown prince saud of qahtani and saudi consul general comment on the table those targeted. treason may stands firm as politicians from her conservative party to remove the british prime minister in response to her draft breakfast agreement that hardliners say the deal makes too many concessions to the e.u. and violates. the saudi that coalition has ordered a pause in the offensive against rebels in yemen's main port city of data but the iran backed rebels have denied that hostilities have ended. in and around the city a continuing the u.n. has warned of a humanitarian catastrophe if the port sustained heavy damage as it's the main entry point for the majority of food and aid into yemen western allies including the united states are pushing for a cease fire ahead of another round of un that talks to end the conflict avocado has more from djibouti. the clock in the suburbs off to how you solve but there you go a few kilometers away from but also to be a few offensive on the positions of pro-government fighters who'

business with them now that list of seventeen names include a very close aide to the crown prince saud al qahtani as well as the consul general from in stumble of muhammad out of tabor so these names of similar or identical to the seventeen names that the saudis initially listed as being responsible for this killing certainly the state department has just had a briefing describing this as a very important first step the supposition being that they are going to be further steps to come possibly is this likely to satisfy congress or will they still want more well already there's been much rings from congress set this does not go far enough you have had several senators saying that imposing sanctions against people who are already in custody does not really fully convey the u.s. his displeasure now there are moves in congress for a number of sanctions against saudi arabia among them a very importantly is a call on president trump to suspend to go see a sions for a civilian nuclear agreement which has been ongoing between saudi arabia and the u.s. now this call is come from both republicans and democ