,,iii #aaeth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 ,,res4 #gad ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,december #e1 #bjah ,mr4 ,graham 7for himself1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,young1 and ,mr4 ,coons7 submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations ,,resolution ,expressing the sense of the ,senate that ,crown ,prince ,mohammed bin ,salman bin ,abd al ,aziz ,al ,saud of ,saudi ,arabia be held accountable for contributing to the humanitarian crisis in ,yemen1 preventing a resolution to the blockade of ,qatar1 the jailing and torture of dissidents and activists inside the ,kingdom of ,saudi ,arabia1 the use of force to intimidate rivals1 and the abhorrent and unjustified murder of journalist ,jamal ,khashoggi4 ,whereas following the accession of ,king ,salman bin ,abd al ,aziz ,al ,saud to the throne of the ,kingdom of ,saudi ,arabia in ,january #bjae1 ,king ,salman appointed his son1 ,prince ,mohammed bin ,salman1 as ,minister of ,defense2 ,whereas1 on ,april #bi1 #bjae1 ,king ,salman appointed ,prince ,mohammed bin ,salman as ,deputy ,crown ,prince and elevated him to the line of succession2 ,whereas1 on ,june #ba1 #bjag1 ,king ,salman appointed ,prince ,mohammed bin ,salman as ,crown ,prince and heir apparent to the ,saudi throne2 ,whereas ,crown ,prince ,mohammed bin ,salman has frequently disregarded the rights of ,saudi citizens and in an effort to consolidate his personal control over ,saudi government decisionmaking2 ,whereas1 following his appointment as ,crown ,prince1 ,mohammed bin ,salman began carrying out a systematic purge of individuals opposed or agnostic to his rule and vision2 ,whereas1 in ,november #bjag1 numerous members of the royal family1 prominent businessmen1 cabinet ministers1 and former officials within ,saudi ,arabia were detained and allegedly tortured in ,riyadh's ,ritz-,carlton hotel at the order of ,mohammed ,bin ,salman2 ,whereas one of ,crown ,prince ,mohammed bin ,salman's first acts as ,minister of ,defense was to launch a military campaign in ,yemen with the stated objective of restoring the internationally recognized ,government of ,yemen1 which had been forced out of ,yemen by the ,iran-backed ,houthi rebels2 ,whereas1 in ,march #bjae1 ,saudi ,arabia instituted a naval and aerial blockade on ,yemen1 and currently maintains strict limits on air and sea transit to the country which contribute to delays of critical humanitarian aid and commercial supplies to a nation that imports as much as #ij percent of its food and relies on imported fuel2 ,whereas the ,saudi-led intervention in ,yemen is in its fourth year and has contributed to #bb1bjj1jjj ,yemenis needing humanitarian assistance2 ,whereas1 on ,december #d1 #bjah1 ,president ,donald ,j4 ,trump's nominee to serve as the ,ambassador to the ,republic of ,yemen testified that the ongoing civil war in ,yemen has exacerbated the world's largest food security emergency1 created power vacuums that terrorists have exploited1 facilitated ,iran's ambitions1 and complicated ,united ,states counterterrorism efforts2 ,whereas1 on ,june #e1 #bjag1 ,saudi ,arabia1 along with the ,united ,arab ,emirates1 ,bahrain1 ,egypt1 and other countries1 severed diplomatic relations with ,qatar1 recalled their ambassadors1 expelled ,qatari diplomats1 and imposed limits on the entry and transit of ,qatari nationals and vessels in their territories1 waters1 and airspace2 ,whereas the blockade against ,qatar has significantly complicated relationships in the region and hindered ,united ,states counterterrorism and counter-,iran objectives1 and undermined ,united ,states efforts to end conflicts across the region2 ,whereas1 in ,november #bjag1 ,mohammed bin ,salman pressured ,lebanon's ,prime ,minister1 ,saad ,hariri1 to resign from his position via a television broadcast while in ,saudi ,arabia2 ,whereas1 according to the organization ,reporters without ,borders1 the arrest of journalists and bloggers has doubled since the appointment of ,crown ,prince ,mohammed bin ,salman1 and an estimated #bh individuals are currently still detained2 ,whereas1 under ,crown ,prince ,mohammed bin ,salman1 the ,government of ,saudi ,arabia continues to detain political prisoners1 including ,saudi blogger ,raif ,badawi since #bjab and ,saudi women's right activists since ,august #bjah2 ,whereas ,jamal ,khashoggi was a prominent ,saudi journalist and an outspoken critic of ,crown ,prince ,mohammed ,bin ,salman2 ,whereas1 on ,september #ah1 #bjag1 ,jamal ,khashoggi wrote of increased waves of arrests ahead of the ,crown ,prince's ascension to the throne1 and stated that he had left ,saudi ,arabia and gone into self-imposed exile in the ,united ,states of ,america due to his fear of arrest by the ,crown ,prince2 ,whereas1 throughout #bjag and #bjah1 ,jamal ,khashoggi wrote a series of opinion articles offering pointed critiques and advice to ,crown ,prince ,mohammed bin ,salman and to ,united ,states and ,saudi officials2 ,whereas1 prior to his death1 ,jamal ,khashoggi had sought status as a lawful permanent resident of the ,united ,states and was the father to three ,united ,states citizens2 ,whereas1 on ,october #b1 #bjah1 ,jamal ,khashoggi disappeared during a visit to the ,consulate of the ,kingdom of ,saudi ,arabia in ,istanbul1 ,turkey2 ,whereas1 following the disappearance1 ,turkish authorities reported that ,jamal ,khashoggi had been murdered inside the ,saudi consulate2 ,whereas1 on ,october #h1 #bjah1 the brother of ,crown ,prince ,mohammed bin ,salman and ,saudi ,ambassador to the ,united ,states1 ,prince ,khalid bin ,salman1 stated that the reports that suggest that ,jamal ,khashoggi went missing in the ,consulate in ,istanbul or that the ,kingdom's authorities have detained him or killed him are absolutely false1 and baseless2 ,whereas1 on ,october #ai1 #bjah1 the ,saudi ,ministry of ,foreign ,affairs announced that ,mr4 ,khashoggi was murdered inside the ,saudi consulate by ,saudi nationals on ,october #b1 #bjah2 and ,whereas1 on ,november #ae1 #bjah1 the ,united ,states ,department of the ,treasury sanctioned #ag ,saudi officials1 including senior ,saudi government official ,saud al-,qahtani1 his subordinate ,maher ,mutreb1 and ,saudi ,consul ,general ,mohammed ,alotaibi1 for their connection to the killing of ,jamal ,khashoggi1 including some individuals who worked directly for ,crown ,prince ,mohammed bin ,salman and his personal security apparatus3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 condemns in the strongest possible terms the murder of ,jamal ,khashoggi2 7#b7 finds that as ,crown ,prince1 ,mohammed bin ,salman was in control of the security forces at the time of ,jamal ,khashoggi's murder2 7#c7 based on evidence and analysis made available to this institution1 has a high level of confidence that ,mohammed bin ,salman was complicit in the murder of ,jamal ,khashoggi2 7#d7 urges the ,united ,states ,government and the international community to hold all parties1 including ,mohammed bin ,salman1 involved in the murder of ,jamal ,khashoggi accountable2 7#e7 calls on the ,government of the ,kingdom of ,saudi ,arabia to negotiate directly with representatives of the ,houthi movement in order to end the war in ,yemen1 agree on a political resolution1 reverse the humanitarian crisis1 and refocus efforts on defeating al ,qaeda and ,,isis in ,yemen2 7#f7 calls on the ,government of the ,kingdom of ,saudi ,arabia to negotiate a political solution to its dispute with ,qatar expeditiously and in a way that restores diplomatic relations with ,qatar2 and 7#g7 urges the ,kingdom of ,saudi ,arabia to immediately release ,saudi blogger ,raif ,badawi1 the ,saudi women's rights activists1 and other detained political prisoners4