5 people in Saudi Arabia were sentenced to death for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. 2 top officials were investigated but released.

A UN investigator called the trials, held in secret, a "mockery" of justice and said the "masterminds" of the killing "walk free." pic.twitter.com/tVX1Wgn3yE

— AJ+ (@ajplus) December 23, 2019

Saudi Arabia's "trial" and "investigation" of Jamal Khashoggi's murder has been a complete sham.

Executing five nameless, faceless men without transparency and an investigation into the regime's responsibility is not justice. It's just more bloodshed. https://t.co/loXin9B1hO

— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) December 23, 2019

The CIA concluded that the Saudi crown prince ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. This sham trial, carried out by a despotic and lawless regime, looks more like a cover-up.

Maybe Donald Trump might want to stop proclaiming his love and affection for the Saudi dictatorship. https://t.co/2XJbo4vwzZ

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) December 23, 2019

Guardian front page, Tuesday 24 December 2019: ‘Mockery fo justice’ afetr Saudis convict eight of Khashoggi killing pic.twitter.com/zb7C2ToSvc

— Grauniad Newspepar (@grauniad_news) December 23, 2019

Saudi Arabia has sentenced five men to death for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but the cover-up continues.The kingdom hasn't even named those it sentenced, and it still refuses to say what it did with Jamal's body or return it to the family https://t.co/02w6g4eyB2

— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) December 23, 2019

Amnesty Int’l on Saudi verdicts in Khashoggi case: “This verdict is a whitewash which brings neither justice nor the truth for Jamal Khashoggi and his loved ones. The trial has been closed to the public and to independent monitors, with no information available…”

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) December 23, 2019

VIDEO: Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire says the death sentences against five Saudis for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi were motivated by a "desire to forever silence witnesses to or even the perpetrators of this horrible murder" pic.twitter.com/HZ2UrEI8Me

— AFP news agency (@AFP) December 23, 2019

MBS again defends China for caging 3 million Muslims in concentration camps in Xinjiang, and thus by extension China's "right" to continue criminalizing Islam, public executions, torture, pack rape, forced family separations, forced adoptions etc

https://t.co/vkkBFDoOUC

— CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) December 23, 2019

As many as 100,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in northwest Syria as the government of President Bashar al-Assad and Russia have intensified a military offensive there, aid groups said https://t.co/M3BPUgikgR

— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 23, 2019

Putin rides train connecting mainland Russia with annexed Crimea https://t.co/WKRvtsqVtY

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 23, 2019

When the singularity happens and the robots form their robot army to take over the world it will be *after* they have got tired of folding our T-shirts pic.twitter.com/P6dyC2rEZy

— Matthew Garrahan (@MattGarrahan) December 23, 2019

Senior Trump admin official responds to Saudi verdicts in Khashoggi case: “This is an important step in holding those responsible for this terrible crime accountable, and we encourage Saudi Arabia to continue with a fair and transparent judicial process.”

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) December 23, 2019

Senior Saudi officials continue to escape accountability for the state-sponsored murder of Jamal Khashoggi. The Trump Administration should be demanding justice for the brutal killing of a journalist and VA resident instead of ignoring the CIA’s assessment of who killed him.

— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) December 23, 2019

Three weeks before Jamal Khashoggi's murder, the Trump Org’s business partner in Indonesia inked an agreement with a construction firm in which the Saudi government owns a large stake to work on a development that will include Trump-branded elements.https://t.co/48PXIgDfE8

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) December 23, 2019

Countries Trump defends:
Turkey
Russia
North Korea
Saudi Arabia
while attacking our NATO allies
This concern no Republicans? https://t.co/rQ7qc4Hy2X

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) December 23, 2019

Just to be clear, Trump believed house Democrats should have gone through the courts to have Mulvaney and Bolton to testify….

But now the courts should stay out of it all?? https://t.co/BCcdJEofN8

— The Red Exit Kevin McClenaghan 🇪🇺 🇮🇪 (@TheRedExit1) December 23, 2019

Reminder that Bill Barr is barely even pretending to be impartial and is absolutely unfit to be Attorney Generalhttps://t.co/W1cHLbch4H

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) December 23, 2019

“How many 7-year-old girls would need to die for this to be something that would get in the headlines and stay in the headlines for a day or two?” https://t.co/sCvSvQZNAw

— Slate (@Slate) December 23, 2019

Boris Johnson’s election triumph has sent business confidence surging to its highest level since the Brexit referendumhttps://t.co/bWscQvpYO9

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 23, 2019

Labour switchers who backed Tories still want workers' rights protected after Brexit https://t.co/0oggmjsPaV

— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) December 23, 2019

Every bit as revolting as we have come to expect from The Spectator: embrace NewTruth or lose your job. https://t.co/cIk5rHDPr0

— Jo Maugham QC (@JolyonMaugham) December 23, 2019

Boris Johnson: UK will 'still have access to single market’ despite Brexithttps://t.co/uPyGIPw8AV

— Simon Ubsdell (@SimonUbsdell) December 23, 2019

Primary reason you did not vote for Labour in #GE2019?
(asked to 2017 Labour voters who did not vote Labour in 2019):

The Leadership: 35%
Brexit: 19%
Policy: 16%
Tactical voting :10%
Extremism: 3%
Didn't get around to voting: 5%

via @YouGov, 13 – 17 Dechttps://t.co/yKi4A5qD3H pic.twitter.com/Y2Utaf0fVA

— Britain Elects (@britainelects) December 23, 2019

More than 5 years after @snowden the police are no longer investigating me & my colleagues for doing journalism. Future editors may not be so “lucky”, I fear… https://t.co/WLeKQcPFrP

— alan rusbridger (@arusbridger) December 22, 2019