{"id":79675,"date":"2019-06-27T03:29:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T01:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=79675"},"modified":"2019-06-27T03:29:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T01:29:17","slug":"un-official-presents-khashoggi-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2019\/06\/27\/un-official-presents-khashoggi-report\/","title":{"rendered":"UN official presents Khashoggi report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Agnes Callamard, the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, has criticised the Saudi Arabian investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Callamard, who presented her report into the killing on Wednesday, said the investigation failed to examine who may have ordered the killing, adding that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS, and other senior officials should be investigated over the murder. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe investigation carried out by the Saudi authorities has failed to address the chain of command,\u201d<\/em> she told the UN Human Rights Council. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In her 100-page report, which was made public on June 19, Callamard says that Khashoggi\u2019s killing at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October last year constituted a premeditated extrajudicial killing for which Saudi Arabia\u2019s leadership was responsible. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The report also concluded that MBS should be investigated regarding the incident. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

United Kingdom Prime Minister, Theresa May, said on Wednesday she wanted to see accountability for the killing. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe do want to see accountability for this horrific murder… We expect Saudi Arabia to take the action necessary to ensure such violations of international and national laws can\u2019t happen again,\u201d<\/em> May said in parliament. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re obviously closely following the continuing investigation,\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/em>she added.<\/span><\/span> \u201cWe expect it to proceed in line with internationally recognised legal standards.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The killing of Khashoggi by a team of Saudi operatives inside the consulate on October 2 provoked outrage and marred the image of MBS. Khashoggi\u2019s body has never been found. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Callamard says in her report that Saudi Arabia violated the Vienna Convention on consular relations, the UN charter on the prohibition of the use of force in times of peace as well as the principle of the right to life. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cases of targeted killings of journalists, dissenters and human rights defenders, more generally, are on the increase, warned Callamard in her recent remarks, adding that the most worrying pattern is the impunity that surrounds those actions. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hatice Cengiz, Khashoggi\u2019s fianc\u00e9e, has called for an international investigation into the killing. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cNot only high-level officials are involved in the killing, but the report says Saudi Arabia has tried to eliminate the evidence of it. It\u2019s scandalous,\u201d<\/em> Cengiz said earlier this week. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Khashoggi was a contributing columnist for the Washington Post and a United States resident. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He was killed at the consulate when he arrived to pick up documents he needed for his planned marriage. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The 59-year-old Saudi insider-turned-critic was strangled and his body cut into pieces by a team of 15 Saudis sent to Istanbul for the killing, according to Turkish officials. \u2014 <\/span><\/span>Al Jazeera <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Agnes Callamard, the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, has criticised the Saudi Arabian investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents. Callamard, who presented her report into the killing on Wednesday, said the investigation failed to examine who may have ordered the killing, adding that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":79676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79677,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79675\/revisions\/79677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}