Khashoggi is Time’s Person of the Year

New Delhi: Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in October at his country’s Istanbul consulate, was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” on Tuesday, an honor he shared with other persecuted journalists dubbed as “guardians” of the truth.

New York, Dec. 11: Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in October at his country’s Istanbul consulate, was on Tuesday named Time magazine’s ‘ Person of the Year’ alongside several other journalists.

Khashoggi and the group were chosen over special counsel Robert Mueller, Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Trump, who were listed as finalists on Monday.

Mr Trump was named the first runner- up on Tuesday. Mueller was the second runner- up.

The other journalists named with Khashoggi were the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland, which was the site of a deadly mass shooting earlier this year; imprisoned Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo; and Maria Ressa, founder and editor of a news site in the Philippines.

Time recognizes the person or group of people who most influenced the news and the world ‘ for better or for worse’ during the past year.

Khashoggi was killed two months ago. The journalist, who had lived in the U. S. and wrote for The Washington Post, had been critical of the Saudi regime. According to Turkey, a 15- member Saudi team was sent to Istanbul to kill Khashoggi. However, US President Donald Trump has refrained from blaming Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, even though the CIA reportedly concluded that he ordered the assassination. Saudi’s foreign minister had on Sunday rejected demands to extradite suspects connected to the murder as sought by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.