What is Khashoggi's relationship with the blocking of "Pier 22" by Saudi Arabia?

World – Saudi Arabia

In his article, published on his website "Arab21", Saka notes that Saudi Arabia has blocked his position because he had offered him a platform for the late journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

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The writer spoke of the revolutions of the Arab Spring, which began eight years ago, during which men and women traveled throughout the Arab world to demand freedom, dignity and social justice.

"Arab feudalism, which has resisted postcolonial identities, has not been able to extinguish the demands of the satellite generation and the Internet.The Arab rulers have for decades owned dictatorial lines have not replaced their sacred right to stay in power. "

The author of the novel "Platform 22", born from the matrix of events and hopes of the Arab Spring, constitutes an Internet space for those who want to know what is going on around them. Six years after the birth of this Lebanon-based idea, it has 12 million followers in the world and in the Arab world.

According to Saqqa, "150 writers contribute to it (post 22), and he has become a disciple among readers who wish to see the mythological crash that tore apart the Arab world, on the basis of ethnic and racial lines." Readers believe in the promises and to the talent of the Arab mind and discover the ugliness of tyranny, And the falsification of proxy rulers and wars ".

"Jamal Khashoggi was one of the many journalists who collaborated with the site and, seven months before his death, he regularly collaborated with this site and was aware that his writings were read attentively in Riyadh." Khashoggi wrote consciously to believe that a few words could change.The path taken by the press and the popular speech could lead to the imprisonment of a publisher or worse, and his participation in session 22 would have been constructive and would support some Vision 2030 features, announced by Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman.

According to Sakka, Khashoggi spoke of the value of freedom for the entire Arab world. In another article, he expressed his fears of being incarcerated, his disappointment at the human rights situation in the Arab world, his article on post-traumatic stress disorder, thinkers and imams who could wake up in prison. "

"In December 2018, in response to the unprecedented reaction to the assassination of Khashoggi in Istanbul, the Saudi Commission for Communication and Computing ordered the blocking of (post 22) and the site was closed. One of the Arab sites blocked, resulting in the loss of a dynamic and profitable market ".

"We went so far as to cover the normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel," he said about the arrested or under house arrest activists. Prohibited subject treated in the local media. "

The author notes that "the limits of expression have become narrower and that regimes are feeling fear and tension and that several Arab regimes are legislating to restrict the expression of social media on the orders of the rulers ".

Saqqa said that Saudi Arabia was not the only one to block "Quay 22." Egypt has blocked the site after publishing an article on competition between security services to influence the media. It also blocked access to 500 sites deemed undesirable, including local sites.