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U.N. Calls Saudi Sentences in Jamal Khashoggi Murder a “Parody of Justice”

HeadlineSep 08, 2020

In Saudi Arabia, a court issued prison sentences of between seven and 20 years for the eight defendants in the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi was killed and dismembered in the Saudi Consulate in Turkey in October 2018. The trial and verdict were widely condemned around the world, namely for the failure to address who ordered the murder of Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi government. Agnès Callamard, U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, called it “a parody of justice.” She added, “As for the individual responsibility of the person on top of the State, the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, he has remained well protected against any kind of meaningful scrutiny in his country.” She urged the U.S. to release its intelligence findings on the role of the crown prince in Khashoggi’s killing.

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