A/HRC/41/CRP.1 Turkish documents as well as the US and Canadian Sanction Lists. Saudi Arabia has referred to a number of individuals by their official positions without giving their names. 51. After five months of research, the Special Rapporteur has opted to name individuals. One alternative would have been to refer to their official positions but such an approach would have generated speculation, guess work and rumors which in turn will be highly detrimental to transparency and accountability. She has also opted identify by their names Saudi, Turkish and other States officials who made public statements in relation to the execution of Mr. Khashoggi. II. Mr. Jamal Khashoggi4 52. The circumstances of his death place Mr. Khashoggi at the center of this report. Who he was and how he lived his life are also central. So, while respecting his privacy and that of his loved ones, the Special Rapporteur wishes to present to an extent relevant to this inquiry an account of the man he was as relayed to her through interviews with multiple sources. A personal man 53. Killed just a few days before his 60th birthday, to those who knew him personally, Mr. Khashoggi was a complex man. His life’s journey saw him pass through many different phases. His was a compartmentalized life, perhaps necessarily so, and no one claims to have known him in all of his life’s dimensions. In person, Mr. Kashoggi was reportedly an unassuming, polite and intellectually curious⁠ man; even in disagreement, he was kind. 54. As of late 2017, his life in exile was based in Washington but far from easy. With little income, little personal security for the future and little status in his professional circle, Mr. Khashoggi had been lonely and unhappy. 55. His private life, however, was just that - private. He was a father who, when with friends, spoke warmly of his children. However, his decision to remarry was not widely known beyond his immediate family. To those friends who did know, it was a sign that he was wanting to build, in exile, a new, settled life. His purchase with his fiancée, of a house in Turkey just before his killing, conveys his confidence in and commitment to that future. A professional man 56. He was a high-profile, well respected, and active journalist, editor, media manager and intellectual; a man excited about his work and by the public response to it. 57. One of the region’s most important journalistic voices, he considered journalism from within, about and for the region to be vital. In his final article, published posthumously, he called for “a platform for Arab voices … the creation of an independent international forum, isolated from the influence of nationalist governments spreading hate through propaganda…”5 To other journalists reporting on Saudi Arabia, because of his insight and openness he was the man to see. 58. He had a passionate vision for the potential of Arab press freedom, investing considerable time and resources to expand possibilities for it, including through establishment of a television station in Bahrain, which was to be shut down by the Government on its first day of public transmission. 59. In recent times, his was also an active on-line presence (having 2 million Twitter followers6) while his interest in media projects was wide-ranging: from work to enhance reporting on state media-monitoring to countering State propaganda on-line, to means of expanding democracy to promotion of freedom of expression and address hate speech. 4 5 6 12 This section is largely based on interviews of Mr. Khashoggi friends and colleagues. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/jamal-khashoggi-what-the-arab-worldneeds-most-is-free-expression/2018/10/17/adfc8c44-d21d-11e8-8c22fa2ef74bd6d6_story.html?utm_term=.3ab34ebc6dfc. https://www.cbc.ca/news/theinvestigators/khashoggi-journalism-saudi-arabia-1.4870528.