Khashoggi picked as Time Magazine ‘Person of the Year’

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in October at his country’s Istanbul consulate, has been named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” alongside several other journalists.

The magazine took the decision on Tuesday.

It also honored Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo who is currently imprisoned in Myanmar — and the staff of the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, including five members killed in a June shooting.