Hatice Cengiz in Conversation with Thor Halvorssen

HRF President and CEO Thor Halvorssen sat down with Hatice Cengiz, fiancée of slain Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, for a long-awaited Q&A. Hatice has been relentless in her campaign to bring justice to Jamal’s case since his brutal murder by an assassination squad inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. In this conversation, Hatice expands on her activism in immortalizing Jamal’s heritage, her experience with HRF's documentary, The Dissident, and makes the case for how Jamal’s murder was an attack against democracy and freedom worldwide.

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“Dissidents and Dictators” is a podcast dedicated to bringing listeners stories and analysis from those on the frontlines of the fight for democracy. Hosted by Casey Michel and Elisha Maldonado, the podcast features democracy campaigners, investigative journalists, artists, musicians, scholars, and many more targeted by authoritarian regimes around the world. Guests share their personal histories and how they’ve dedicated themselves to standing up to dictatorship. Mixing news, commentary, and humor, the podcast provides impactful, unflinching conversations from those who’ve sacrificed everything to spread democracy — and who want to share their story with the rest of us.