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One Year After Khashoggi Murder, Still Looking for Accountability

Ramon Taylor

   Asli Pelit from VOA's Turkish Service contributed to this report.

   The killing of prominent Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist
   Jamal Khashoggi shook the world one year ago, when the public learned
   how a Saudi government team assassinated and dismembered him inside the
   Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

   Khashoggi had criticized Saudi Arabia's leaders for their repeated
   violations of human rights, persecution of critics and aggressive
   regional policies, including their role in Yemen's four-year-long civil
   war.

   The CIA concluded, according to published reports, that Khashoggi's
   murder was ordered by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, which led U.S.
   lawmakers to publicly condemn the country and try to halt U.S. weapon
   sales to the kingdom.

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