Remember Slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi | His widow gets asylum in U.S | Oneindia News

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Hanan Elatr, the widow of the late Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was brutally murdered in 2018, has been granted political asylum in the United States. This comes as a crucial step in ensuring her safety, as she feared for her life if she were to return to the United Arab Emirates or her native Egypt.

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00:00 In a significant development, Hanaa Elatar, the widow of the late Saudi journalist Jamal

00:05 Khashoggi, has been granted political asylum in the United States.

00:10 Jamal Khashoggi was brutally murdered in 2018.

00:14 The news of Hanaa Elatar getting asylum in the US comes as a crucial step in ensuring

00:19 her safety as she feared for her life if she were to return to the United Arab Emirates

00:24 or her native Egypt.

00:26 On getting the news, she exclaimed expressing her elation.

00:29 After receiving the letter informing of the decision to grant her asylum, she confessed

00:33 and I quote, "I said, 'Is this real?'

00:36 I couldn't digest it."

00:38 Elatar emphasized that this decision by the US government shows there is one victim who

00:43 is still alive.

00:44 "I am relieved from feeling scared," she said, expressing her gratitude to President

00:49 Joe Biden and his administration.

00:55 Hanaa Elatar had lived in the United Arab Emirates for 26 years until August of 2020

01:00 when fearing for her safety, she traveled to the United States and applied for political

01:04 asylum.

01:05 Her request, which had been pending for over three years, was finally granted on November

01:09 28.

01:10 Congressman Don Beyer expressed his support for Hanaa Elatar, stating, and I quote, "After

01:15 all that she and her family have been through, it is good to see them granted this recognition

01:20 and the measure of security that will come with it."

01:23 She pledged to continue support Mrs. Khashoggi in her quest for accountability for her husband's

01:28 murder.

01:29 He emphasized the importance of seeking justice for the heinous act that claimed the life

01:33 of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

01:36 As a reminder, Khashoggi was murdered on the grounds of Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul

01:40 in 2018.

01:42 An investigation by the CIA in November 2018 concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed

01:47 bin Salman had ordered the assassination of the journalist, further highlighting the

01:51 gravity of the situation.

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