{"id":2110174,"date":"2026-08-25T05:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T02:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2110174"},"modified":"2026-08-25T05:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T02:33:38","slug":"washington-post-ordered-to-rehire-columnist-sacked-for-social-media-posts-after-charlie-kirks-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2110174","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post ordered to rehire columnist sacked for social media posts after Charlie Kirk&#8217;s killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/73\/79\/1200x675_cmsv2_02dcc083-644d-506c-a168-df1b5a67fd3c-9887379.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2920309-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2920309\" data-cid=\"9887451\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920309-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/74\/51\/189x106_cmsv2_1a1d1db0-90d0-5b02-a951-7b8705367de2-9887451.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Area where Pan Am flight 103 came down in Lockerbie, 26 December, 1988\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    USA<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    US judge delays start of Lockerbie bombing trial over new evidence\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920274-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2920274\" data-cid=\"9887437\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920274-label-pos2-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/72\/94\/189x106_cmsv2_bde2c438-76ad-5465-b54e-5ee24a55e18d-9887294.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a trade agreement signing ceremony at the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace on Monday, 24 August 2026.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Business<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Saudi Arabia to fund three new theme parks near Paris\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2918833-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2918833\" data-cid=\"9880389\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2918833-label-pos3-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/03\/89\/189x106_cmsv2_011e6d8b-bae5-52a3-8a3a-e491c9f4d8cc-9880389.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sailor first class Robbe Vanhaecke prepares to hoist the EU flag aboard of the Belgian Navy Vessel Godetia during a migrants search and rescue mission in the mediterranean sea\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    EU.XL<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    EU sea defence: the new race to protect cables, pipelines and trade\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920015-pos4-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2920015\" data-cid=\"9887351\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920015-label-pos4-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/59\/84\/189x106_cmsv2_0017d98b-f220-5e5b-88b5-e57825ce97d0-9885984.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sea-Watch was founded in late 2014.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Germany and Italy clash over migrant rescue ships and returns\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920309-pos1-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2\" data-nid=\"2920309\" data-cid=\"9887451\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920309-label-pos1-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/74\/51\/189x106_cmsv2_1a1d1db0-90d0-5b02-a951-7b8705367de2-9887451.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Area where Pan Am flight 103 came down in Lockerbie, 26 December, 1988\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    USA<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    US judge delays start of Lockerbie bombing trial over new evidence\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920274-pos2-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2\" data-nid=\"2920274\" data-cid=\"9887437\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920274-label-pos2-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/72\/94\/189x106_cmsv2_bde2c438-76ad-5465-b54e-5ee24a55e18d-9887294.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a trade agreement signing ceremony at the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace on Monday, 24 August 2026.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Business<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Saudi Arabia to fund three new theme parks near Paris\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2918833-pos3-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2\" data-nid=\"2918833\" data-cid=\"9880389\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2918833-label-pos3-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/03\/89\/189x106_cmsv2_011e6d8b-bae5-52a3-8a3a-e491c9f4d8cc-9880389.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sailor first class Robbe Vanhaecke prepares to hoist the EU flag aboard of the Belgian Navy Vessel Godetia during a migrants search and rescue mission in the mediterranean sea\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    EU.XL<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    EU sea defence: the new race to protect cables, pipelines and trade\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920015-pos4-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2\" data-nid=\"2920015\" data-cid=\"9887351\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920015-label-pos4-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/59\/84\/189x106_cmsv2_0017d98b-f220-5e5b-88b5-e57825ce97d0-9885984.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sea-Watch was founded in late 2014.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Germany and Italy clash over migrant rescue ships and returns\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          News<\/p>\n<p>                          World<\/p>\n<p>                          USA<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Washington Post ordered to rehire columnist sacked for social media posts after Charlie Kirk&#8217;s killing<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-controller=\"video-player\" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/73\/79\/1536x864_cmsv2_02dcc083-644d-506c-a168-df1b5a67fd3c-9887379.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"One Franklin Square, home of the Washington Post newspaper in downtown Washington, 4 February, 2026\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              One Franklin Square, home of the Washington Post newspaper in downtown Washington, 4 February, 2026<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspGavin Blackburn\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1787636018\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-08-25 07:33:38 +02:00\">25\/08\/2026 &#8211; 7:33 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup-overlay js-c-article-share-comment-popup-overlay u-display-none\">\n<div id=\"js-c-article-share-comment-popup\" class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup js-c-article-share-comment-popup\">\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup__header u-display-flex\"><span>Share<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/icon-close.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"Close Button\" class=\"u-cursor-pointer js-c-article-share-comment-close\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup__content u-display-flex\">\n<div id=\"share-comment-popup-content-container\" class=\"c-article-share-comment-popup__content__container u-display-flex\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-facebook.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"facebook\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-facebook.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"facebook\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-twitter.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"twitter\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-twitter.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"twitter\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-flipboard.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"flipboard\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Flipboard<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-flipboard.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"flipboard\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-send.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"send\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Send<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-send.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"send\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-reddit.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"reddit\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-reddit.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"reddit\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-linkedin.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"linkedin\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Linkedin<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-linkedin.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"linkedin\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-messenger.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"messenger\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Messenger<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-messenger.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"messenger\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-telegram.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"telegram\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Telegram<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-telegram.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"telegram\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-vk.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"vk\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>VK<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-vk.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"vk\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-bluesky.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"bluesky\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Bluesky<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-bluesky.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"bluesky\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-threads.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"threads\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Threads<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-threads.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"threads\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"whatsapp\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Whatsapp<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"whatsapp\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        Karen Attiah wrote on social media after the right-wing influencer&#8217;s assassination that she would not display sadness and shared the activist&#8217;s past racist comments about Black women.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>The Washington Post has been ordered to reinstate columnist Karen Attiah, who was fired over social media posts she wrote in the aftermath of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk&#8217;s assassination.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kirk was shot dead in September on a Utah college campus, sparking a wave of grief among conservatives and threats of a clampdown on the &#8220;radical left&#8221; from President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Attiah wrote on social media afterward that she would not display sadness for Kirk&#8217;s killing and shared the activist&#8217;s past racist comments about Black women.<\/p>\n<p>She was later fired, with the Post accusing her of &#8220;gross misconduct&#8221; and of violating its social media policies, according to the paper&#8217;s own reporting.<\/p>\n<p>An arbitrator ordered the Post to rehire Attiah and compensate her with back pay, writing in the decision that the Post &#8220;did not have good and sufficient cause&#8221; for her dismissal.<\/p>\n<p>Attiah wrote on X that she was &#8220;happy&#8221; at the decision, saying she had been forced out for &#8220;speaking the truth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Post said it respected the arbitration process but declined to comment further.<\/p>\n<p>Attiah had worked at the publication for 11 years and noted that she was the &#8220;last remaining Black full-time opinion columnist at the Post&#8221; at the time of her firing.<\/p>\n<p>In her posts about Kirk, she shared his racist claims that Black women lack &#8220;brain processing power&#8221; and therefore require help from diversity programs.<\/p>\n<p>Her other posts took aim at the Trump administration&#8217;s framing of Kirk as a martyr for the conservative cause.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2013, when billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos purchased the Post, the newspaper&#8217;s opinion section has shifted its tone to focus more on &#8220;personal liberties and free markets,&#8221; according to internal mandates.<\/p>\n<p>Attiah gained recognition as the editor for journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi national with US residency who was murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6668738346799254\">\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n<div class=\"widget__contents\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/73\/79\/808x539_cmsv2_1a0433a4-8878-516c-98e7-2c6652c79857-9887379.jpg\" alt=\"Former Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah in Washington, 3 June, 2026\"><figcaption class=\"widget__caption\"><span class=\"widget__captionWrap\"><span class=\"widget__captionText\">Former Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah in Washington, 3 June, 2026<\/span><span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ashara Wilson\/Ashara Wilson<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>US intelligence and a United Nations investigation later concluded that Riyadh bore responsibility for his killing.<\/p>\n<p>Attiah had recruited Khashoggi to write about the Arab world, and published his posthumous last column, which called for free expression in the region.<\/p>\n<p>She has advocated for human rights and free expression in her work ever since.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-contributors c-article-contributors-supplementary u-margin-top-2 u-padding-top-2\">\n<p>Additional sources<strong> \u2022 AFP<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-you-might-also-like\">\n<h2 class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__title\">\n        Read more<br \/>\n      <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  Charlie Kirk tops Wikipedia\u2019s list of most-read articles in 2025 <\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  Did Carlos Alcaraz dedicate an empty seat and golden plaque to Charlie Kirk?<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  Lawyer for suspect in Charlie Kirk killing asks Utah judge for more time to review evidence<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"perf-cv-auto\">\n<ul id=\"adb-article-tags\" class=\"c-tags-list\">\n<li class=\"c-tags-list__item\">\n<section class=\"tc-cta\" data-twig-component=\"Cta-default\">\n  Charlie Kirk<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-tags-list__item\">\n<section class=\"tc-cta\" data-twig-component=\"Cta-default\">\n  Press freedom<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-tags-list__item\">\n<section class=\"tc-cta\" data-twig-component=\"Cta-default\">\n  Social Media<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-tags-list__item\">\n<section class=\"tc-cta\" data-twig-component=\"Cta-default\">\n  Washington Post<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-tags-list__item\">\n<section class=\"tc-cta\" data-twig-component=\"Cta-default\">\n  Journalism<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-tags-list__item\">\n<section class=\"tc-cta\" data-twig-component=\"Cta-default\">\n  United States<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"o-article-newsy__aside\">\n<div class=\"c-ad-wrapper o-article-newsy__aside__content-1\" data-ad-name=\"adzone-halfpage\">\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad-halfpage u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-top-stories\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-top-stories\">\n<h2 class=\"c-top-stories__title\">Top stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-top-stories__item\">\n<article id=\"abe-2920256-pos2-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2920256\" data-cid=\"9887211\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920256-label-pos2-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/72\/11\/320x180_cmsv2_32593a49-3ac9-5b99-a14a-27a14000f4e6-9887211.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"President Donald Trump walks past Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he arrives for a roundtable on the American mining industry, Washington, US. Friday, Aug. 7, 2026.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    US plans to revoke 200,000 visas of asylum seekers<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-top-stories__item\">\n<article id=\"abe-2920015-pos3-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2920015\" data-cid=\"9887351\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920015-label-pos3-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/59\/84\/320x180_cmsv2_0017d98b-f220-5e5b-88b5-e57825ce97d0-9885984.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sea-Watch was founded in late 2014.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Germany and Italy clash over migrant rescue ships and returns<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-top-stories__item\">\n<article id=\"abe-2920309-pos4-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2920309\" data-cid=\"9887451\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920309-label-pos4-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/74\/51\/320x180_cmsv2_1a1d1db0-90d0-5b02-a951-7b8705367de2-9887451.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Area where Pan Am flight 103 came down in Lockerbie, 26 December, 1988\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    US judge delays start of Lockerbie bombing trial over new evidence<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-top-stories__item\">\n<article id=\"abe-2920025-pos5-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2920025\" data-cid=\"9886044\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920025-label-pos5-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/60\/44\/320x180_cmsv2_d1f7b55d-44bb-55e1-a7a6-0d03f6cd3022-9886044.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Canada walked away from Trump. Could the EU ever do the same?<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-top-stories__item\">\n<article id=\"abe-2920277-pos6-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2920277\" data-cid=\"9887298\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920277-label-pos6-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/72\/98\/320x180_cmsv2_dff58e50-0902-5fdb-9d5e-d1084988efcc-9887298.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"FILE - Colombia&apos;s President Abelardo de la Espriella salutes after taking the oath of office in Cali, Colombia, Aug. 7, 2026. \" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    New Colombian president orders immigration raids as part of crackdown<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"perf-cv-auto c-ad-wrapper o-article-newsy__aside__content-2\" data-ad-name=\"adzone-halfpage\">\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad-halfpage u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"perf-cv-auto c-most-viewed\">\n<h2 class=\"c-most-viewed__title qa-section-title\">Most read<\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-most-viewed__list\">\n<div class=\"c-most-viewed__item\"><span class=\"c-most-viewed__item__number\">1<\/span><\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2920023-pos1-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2920023\" data-cid=\"9886041\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Netherlands withdraws from &#8216;no longer&#8217; neutral 2027 Eurovision<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-most-viewed__item\"><span class=\"c-most-viewed__item__number\">2<\/span><\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2919400-pos2-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2919400\" data-cid=\"9883489\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Iceland&#8217;s reckoning moment: What the referendum means for the EU<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-most-viewed__item\"><span class=\"c-most-viewed__item__number\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2919678-pos3-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2919678\" data-cid=\"9884810\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Raised in the wild: Spain&#8217;s famous &#8216;wolf boy&#8217; dies<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-most-viewed__item\"><span class=\"c-most-viewed__item__number\">4<\/span><\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2919966-pos4-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2919966\" data-cid=\"9886076\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Iranian state TV airs video targeting Barron Trump with $10m bounty<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-most-viewed__item\"><span class=\"c-most-viewed__item__number\">5<\/span><\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2920001-pos5-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2920001\" data-cid=\"9885861\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    King Harald&#8217;s health &#8216;deteriorated&#8217; at weekend, Norway&#8217;s palace says<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"perf-cv-auto c-ad-wrapper o-article-newsy__aside__content-3\" data-ad-name=\"adzone-halfpage\">\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad-halfpage u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920256-pos2-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2920256\" data-cid=\"9887211\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920256-label-pos2-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/72\/11\/320x180_cmsv2_32593a49-3ac9-5b99-a14a-27a14000f4e6-9887211.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"President Donald Trump walks past Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he arrives for a roundtable on the American mining industry, Washington, US. Friday, Aug. 7, 2026.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    US plans to revoke 200,000 visas of asylum seekers<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920015-pos3-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2920015\" data-cid=\"9887351\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920015-label-pos3-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/59\/84\/320x180_cmsv2_0017d98b-f220-5e5b-88b5-e57825ce97d0-9885984.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sea-Watch was founded in late 2014.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Germany and Italy clash over migrant rescue ships and returns<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920309-pos4-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2920309\" data-cid=\"9887451\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920309-label-pos4-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/74\/51\/320x180_cmsv2_1a1d1db0-90d0-5b02-a951-7b8705367de2-9887451.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Area where Pan Am flight 103 came down in Lockerbie, 26 December, 1988\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    US judge delays start of Lockerbie bombing trial over new evidence<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920025-pos5-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2920025\" data-cid=\"9886044\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920025-label-pos5-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/60\/44\/320x180_cmsv2_d1f7b55d-44bb-55e1-a7a6-0d03f6cd3022-9886044.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Canada walked away from Trump. Could the EU ever do the same?<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920277-pos6-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2920277\" data-cid=\"9887298\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2920277-label-pos6-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/72\/98\/320x180_cmsv2_dff58e50-0902-5fdb-9d5e-d1084988efcc-9887298.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"FILE - Colombia&apos;s President Abelardo de la Espriella salutes after taking the oath of office in Cali, Colombia, Aug. 7, 2026. \" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    New Colombian president orders immigration raids as part of crackdown<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920023-pos1-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2920023\" data-cid=\"9886041\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Netherlands withdraws from &#8216;no longer&#8217; neutral 2027 Eurovision<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2919400-pos2-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2919400\" data-cid=\"9883489\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Iceland&#8217;s reckoning moment: What the referendum means for the EU<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2919678-pos3-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2919678\" data-cid=\"9884810\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Raised in the wild: Spain&#8217;s famous &#8216;wolf boy&#8217; dies<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2919966-pos4-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2919966\" data-cid=\"9886076\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Iranian state TV airs video targeting Barron Trump with $10m bounty<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2920001-pos5-mostViewed\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-3 m-modeDesktop-3 m-modeXL-3 the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2920001\" data-cid=\"9885861\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    King Harald&#8217;s health &#8216;deteriorated&#8217; at weekend, Norway&#8217;s palace says<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">The Washington Post has been ordered to reinstate columnist Karen Attiah, who was fired over social media posts she wrote in the aftermath of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk&#8217;s assassination.Kirk was shot dead in September on a Utah college campus, sparking a wave of grief among conservatives and threats of a clampdown on the &#8220;radical left&#8221; from President Donald Trump.Attiah wrote on social media afterward that she would not display sadness for Kirk&#8217;s killing and shared the activist&#8217;s past racist comments about Black women.She was later fired, with the Post accusing her of &#8220;gross misconduct&#8221; and of violating its social media policies, according to the paper&#8217;s own reporting.An arbitrator ordered the Post to rehire Attiah and compensate her with back pay, writing in the decision that the Post &#8220;did not have good and sufficient cause&#8221; for her dismissal.Attiah wrote on X that she was &#8220;happy&#8221; at the decision, saying she had been forced out for &#8220;speaking the truth.&#8221;The Post said it respected the arbitration process but declined to comment further.Attiah had worked at the publication for 11 years and noted that she was the &#8220;last remaining Black full-time opinion columnist at the Post&#8221; at the time of her firing.In her posts about Kirk, she shared his racist claims that Black women lack &#8220;brain processing power&#8221; and therefore require help from diversity programs.Her other posts took aim at the Trump administration&#8217;s framing of Kirk as a martyr for the conservative cause.Since 2013, when billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos purchased the Post, the newspaper&#8217;s opinion section has shifted its tone to focus more on &#8220;personal liberties and free markets,&#8221; according to internal mandates.Attiah gained recognition as the editor for journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi national with US residency who was murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018.US intelligence and a United Nations investigation later concluded that Riyadh bore responsibility for his killing.Attiah had recruited Khashoggi to write about the Arab world, and published his posthumous last column, which called for free expression in the region.She has advocated for human rights and free expression in her work ever since.<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/08\/25\/washington-post-ordered-to-rehire-columnist-sacked-for-social-media-posts-after-charlie-ki&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/88\/73\/79\/1200x675_cmsv2_02dcc083-644d-506c-a168-df1b5a67fd3c-9887379.jpg&#8221;] USA US judge delays start of Lockerbie bombing trial over new evidence Business Saudi Arabia to fund three new theme parks near Paris EU.XL EU sea defence: the new race to protect cables, pipelines and trade Europe News Germany and Italy clash over migrant rescue ships and returns USA US judge delays [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[226,36],"class_list":["post-2110174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","tag-crawlmanager","tag-euronews-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2110174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2110174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2110174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2110174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2110174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}