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Khashoggi: Saudi crown prince accused of trying to dodge US lawsuit by becoming PM

INTERNATIONAL The elevation of Mohammed bin Salman to prime minister of Saudi Arabia, days before the Biden administration was set to decide whether to grant him immunity in the final court case over Jamal Khashoggi's murder, has been accused of being a ruse to shield the crown prince from justice. On Tuesday, King Salman ordered a reshuffle in which the crown prince, sometimes referred to as MBS, became prime minister, a post traditionally held […]

28 September 2022

International

UAE overturns prison sentence for former Khashoggi attorney

INTERNATIONAL The United Arab Emirates has overturned a three-year prison sentence for US citizen and civil rights attorney Asim Ghafoor, who had represented slain Middle East Eye columnist Jamal Khashoggi, one of his lawyers said. Virginia-based Ghafoor had been convicted in absentia in the UAE on murky charges that included money laundering and tax evasion. A court in the UAE lifted the three-year prison term and ordered Ghafoor to pay a $1.36m fine and […]

11 August 2022

International News

Saudi Arabia rebuked at UN over Jamal Khashoggi killing, abuses

Dozens of nations condemned Saudi Arabia before the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday over serious violations and demanded accountability for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In a relatively rare rebuke of the oil-rich kingdom before the UN's top rights body, Denmark's Ambassador Carsten Staur read a statement on behalf of 29 states demanding justice for Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist who was killed in the Saudi consulate in […]

16 September 2020

International News

Saudi Arabia overturns death sentences in Jamal Khashoggi killing

A Saudi court on Monday overturned five death sentences previously issued against the killers of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a final ruling that jailed eight defendants to between seven and 20 years, state media reported. "Five of the convicts were given 20 years in prison and another three were jailed for 7-10 years," the official Saudi Press Agency said, citing a spokesman for the public prosecutor. None of the defendants […]

8 September 2020

International News

UK sanctions Saudis, Russians under new Magnitsky powers

The United Kingdom imposed economic sanctions on dozens of individuals and organisations from Russia, Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, and North Korea under new British powers to punish human-rights offenders. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Monday the sanctions targeted those behind "some of the notorious human rights violations in recent years", and were aimed at stopping the laundering of "blood money". The UK's first sanctions will target 25 Russian nationals it said were […]

7 July 2020

International News

Turkish court to open Jamal Khashoggi murder trial

A Turkish court is set to open the trial of 20 Saudi officials indicted over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The trial will begin at Istanbul province's main court in the district of Caglayan at 10am local time (07:00 GMT) on Friday morning, officials at the Istanbul prosecutor's office told Al Jazeera. Khashoggi, a 59-year-old Washington Post columnist, was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October […]

3 July 2020

International News

20 Saudis charged in Jamal Khashoggi murder

A Turkish court on Saturday accepted an indictment on the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, reports Anadolu Agency. The 117-page indictment prepared by Istanbul prosecutors accusing 20 Saudi nationals of involvement in the gruesome premeditated murder was accepted by Istanbul’s Heavy Penal Court No. 11. Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post, was killed and dismembered by a group of Saudi operatives […]

13 April 2020

Jamal Khashoggi

Khashoggi: Saudi crown prince accused of trying to dodge US lawsuit by becoming PM

UAE overturns prison sentence for former Khashoggi attorney

Saudi Arabia rebuked at UN over Jamal Khashoggi killing, abuses

Saudi Arabia overturns death sentences in Jamal Khashoggi killing

UK sanctions Saudis, Russians under new Magnitsky powers

Turkish court to open Jamal Khashoggi murder trial

20 Saudis charged in Jamal Khashoggi murder

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