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UN: Killing of Saudi Journalist Khashoggi Is International Crime

Lisa Schelin

   GENEVA - A U.N. investigator is calling on governments to prosecute and
   bring to justice Saudi officials responsible for what she says was the
   premeditated execution of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul
   in October. The investigator presented findings of her six-month probe
   into Khashoggi's murder to the U.N. Human Rights Council Wednesday in
   Geneva.

   Special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
   Agnes Callamard said evidence she has gathered in the course of her
   inquiry suggests the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is responsible for the
   extrajudicial killing of Khashoggi.

   She said his killing was carefully planned and premeditated.

   "The inquiry was a human rights inquiry, not a criminal investigation.
   It has nevertheless found credible evidence warranting further
   investigation, of high-level Saudi officials' individual liability,
   including that of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia [Mohammed
   bin-Salman] and of his key adviser, Saud al-Qahtani," she said.

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