UN extrajudicial executions investigator is recommending that the UN launch an investigation into the possible role of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The United Nations extrajudicial executions investigator said there was"credible evidence" that high-level Saudi officials including Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman could be liable for the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
In an 101-page report into the journalist's murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last October, Agnes Callamard called on U.N. bodies or the U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to"demand" a follow-up criminal investigation. Callamard noted the"extreme sensitivity" of considering the criminal responsibility of the crown prince, as well as Saud Alqahtani, a senior adviser to the Saudi royal court who has not been charged."The Special Rapporteur has determined that there is credible evidence, warranting further investigation of high-level Saudi Officials’ individual liability, including the Crown Prince’s," according to the report., was murdered and dismembered on Oct.
"No conclusion is made as to guilt," she wrote of Salman and Alqahtani."The only conclusion made is that there is credible evidence meriting further investigation." The Saudis at first denied that Khashoggi had gone missing, but after a series of embarrassing reports and revelations they eventually admitted that the
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