Public Designation of Saudi Individuals Under Section 7031(c) of the FY 2018 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act

Washington, DC - Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo is publicly designating the following individuals for their roles in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi:

Saud al-Qahtani
Maher Mutreb
Salah Tubaigy
Meshal Albostani
Naif Alarifi
Mohammed Alzahrani
Mansour Abahussain
Khalid Alotaibi
Abdulaziz Alhawsawi
Waleed Alsehri
Thaar Alharbi
Fahad Albalawi
Badr Alotaibi
Mustafa Almadani
Saif Alqahtani
Turki Alsehri

These designations are made under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2019 (Section 7031(c)).

Section 7031(c) provides that, in cases where the Secretary of State has credible information that officials of foreign governments have been involved in significant corruption or gross violations of human rights, those individuals and their immediate family members are ineligible for entry into the United States. The law requires the Secretary of State to publicly or privately designate such officials and their immediate family members.