INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been named Time magazine's person of the year - alongside several other reporters, including the
entire staff of an American newspaper
Mr Khashoggi never re-emerged after entering Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul on 2 October after he went to pick up papers he needed to
get married.The Washington Post columnist was reportedly tortured, murdered and dismembered after a hit squad was sent to target him.Time
said Mr Khashoggi had "dared to disagree with his country's government".Image:Mr Khashoggi was reportedly tortured, murdered and
dismemberedIt added: "He told the world the truth about its brutality toward those who would speak out
And he was murdered for it."The magazine also honoured Maria Ressa, who runs an online news site in the Philippines.Time said the site,
Rappler, had "chronicled the violent drug war and extrajudicial killings of President Rodrigo Duterte that have left some 12,000 people
dead, according to a January estimate from Human Rights Watch".Image:Time chose to honour several journalists this yearIt added: "The
Duterte government refuses to accredit a Rappler journalist to cover it, and in November charged the site with tax fraud, allegations that
could send Ressa to prison for up to 10 years."Time chose to recognise is the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, where five
members of staff were shot and killed in June.Their shocked colleagues showed their defiance by reporting on the murders - just hours after
the shooting.The final two people honoured by Time were Reuters reporters Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone, who are currently in prison in Myanmar
and "remain separated from their wives and children".More from Jamal KhashoggiTime added: "For documenting the deaths of 10 minority
Rohingya Muslims, Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone got seven years
The killers they exposed were sentenced to 10."Last year, women who spearheaded the #MeToo movement were named Time's person of the year,
while Donald Trump and Angela Merkel took the title in 2016 and 2015 respectively.
