CNBC is withdrawing from a conference scheduled for next week in Saudi Arabia, as global outrage grows over the disappearance and suspected murder of journalist Jamal Khoshaggi.
"CNBC will no longer participate in the FII in Riyadh due to the continuing questions surrounding the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi," said a post on the network's Twitter feed.
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CNBC's decision comes as other luminaries and media outlets pulled out of the Future Investment Initiative, also known as "Davos in the Desert," which is scheduled for Oct. 23 through 25. Earlier Friday, the Financial Times pulled out of the conference. CNN and The New York Times had also withdrawn, as has Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong.
Times columnist and CNBC anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin announced on Twitter that he would withdraw from the conference, citing concerns about the disappearance of Khashoggi "and reports of his murder."
Khashoggi, a critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the royal family, went missing Oct. 2, when he was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Saudi Arabia has denied wrongdoing. Yet Turkey has reportedly informed the U.S. that it has video and audio evidence that shows Khashoggi, who wrote for The Washington Post, was killed inside the consulate.
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