Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, Involved In Killing Of Khashoggi – United Nations Expert Says

A report by an independent United Nations rights expert has accused Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman of the murder of Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi.

Naija News recalls that Khashoggi was killed inside Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul last year October.

In her report, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard said she had “determined that there is credible evidence, warranting further investigation of high-level Saudi Officials individual liability, including the Crown Prince’s.”

“Indeed, this human rights inquiry has shown that there is sufficient credible evidence regarding the responsibility of the crown prince demanding further investigation,” Callamard added, urging UN Secretary-General António Guterres to establish an international probe.

The Gulf kingdom has put 11 unidentified people on trial behind closed doors for Khashoggi’s murder and is seeking the death penalty for five of them.

However, Ms Callamard said the trial failed to meet international procedural and substantive standards and called for it to be suspended.