‘Credible evidence’ Saudi crown prince liable for Khashoggi killing – UN report
The crown prince of
Saudi Arabia should be investigated over the murder of the dissident
journalist Jamal
Khashoggi because there is “credible evidence” that he and other
senior officials are liable for the killing, according to a damning and
forensic UN report.
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In an excoriating
100-page analysis published on Wednesday of what happened to Khashoggi last
October, Agnes Callamard, the UN’s special rapporteur, says the death of the
journalist was “an international crime”. “It is the conclusion
of the special rapporteur that Mr Khashoggi has been the victim of a
deliberate, premeditated execution, an extrajudicial killing for which the
state of Saudi
Arabia is responsible under international human rights law,” she says.
Using recordings of
conversations from inside the Istanbul consulate where Khashoggi was killed,
her report pieces together his last moments, and how he was confronted by Saudi
officials, one of whom said: “We are coming to get you.” When Khashoggi refused
to cooperate, a struggle can be heard, including heavy panting. The special
rapporteur’s report concludes: “Assessments of the recordings by intelligence
officers in Turkey and other countries suggest that Mr Khashoggi could have
been injected with a sedative and then suffocated using a plastic bag.”.. read more:
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