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February 26, 2021 It had been widely anticipated but is now written in black and white.

US intelligence has ruled that Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman "approved an operation in Instabul, Turkey, to capture or kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi".

This is what we read in the declassified report today, in the aftermath of the conversation between US President Joe Biden and Saudi King Salman.

According to the reconstruction of American analysts, Mohammed bin Salman saw dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a threat to the kingdom and widely supported the use of violence if necessary to silence him.

The intelligence report lists 21 people who the 007 Americans consider with "high confidence" to be complicit in or responsible for the dissident journalist's death on behalf of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. 

In conjunction with the US administration's decision to lift the veil on the journalist's murder,

Bryan Fogel's

film '

', the documentary that traces the events that led to the brutal murder two years ago

, is released exclusively on MioCinema

of the Washington Post reporter, in particular by analyzing the direct involvement of Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Funded by the

, 'The Dissident' presents a detailed investigation into the faults of the Saudi regime and which brings the human, as well as political, story of Khashoggi to the big screen.

A sensitive issue due to the many economic and political interests at stake.

The documentary was not broadcast by any of the major streaming platforms