SAUDI CROWN PRINCE TO FACE INVESTIGATION OVER THE MURDER OF A JOURNALIST
There is credible evidence that
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other high-level officials
are individually liable for the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a UN expert says.
A report by special rapporteur
Agnes Callamard says the evidence merits further investigation by an
independent and impartial international inquiry.
Khashoggi was killed inside the
Saudi consulate in Istanbul by Saudi agents.
Saudi authorities insist they
were not acting on Prince Mohammed's orders.
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.

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