Much of Saudi Arabia’s efforts whitewash their human rights abuses have been focused on global outreach

Much of Saudi Arabia’s efforts whitewash their human rights abuses have been focused on global outreach. The assassination and dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, coincided with the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in October of 2018. The Freedom Initiative organized a global campaign to disincentivize business and corporate leaders from attending FII. #STOPFII was one of the main reasons corporate leaders and executives withdrew from attending. This included executives from companies such as: JP Morgan, BlackRock, Viacom, and Mastercard.