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US recommends Saudi Crown Prince amnesty from Khashoggi murder suit

US recommends Saudi Crown Prince amnesty from Khashoggi murder suit

Biden administration seeks immunity for Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Suit brought by fiancée of Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered at the prince’s order. The State Department argues that he is eligible for immunity as a foreign head of state. In a case brought against him by the fiancée of Washington Post journalist … Read more

Saudi crown prince to visit Turkey in first since Khashoggi murder

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Ankara and Riyadh heal bitter rift following 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul. Crown prince expected to visit Turkish capital Ankara on June 22. Two countries to sign several agreements as Turkey looks to non-Western partners for financial support. ISTANBUL – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will pay a visit to Turkey … Read more

Executions, detentions hang over Saudi legal reforms

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Saudi Arabia is pushing to redesign its harsh justice system however reforms are overshadowed by means of executions and hard treatment of dissidents, elevating questions about how a lot will exchange. The nation is known for its strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law, which paperwork the premise of its judicial gadget. But in recent months … Read more

Saudi Arabia and Turkey reset relations after Khashoggi killing

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Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have pledged to patch things up, vowing to put an end to a feud between the two regional heavyweights that has erupted since the murder of journalists Jamal Khashoggi. Erdogan met with the kingdom’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, on his first … Read more

Turkey’s Erdogan meets Saudi leaders

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In his first visit after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to “develop” relations. The Saudi state news agency SPA released photographs of Erdogan hugging Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler who US intelligence agencies say ordered … Read more

Turkey to hand over Jamal Khashoggi trial to Saudis

Turkey held the penultimate part of the trial in absentia of 26 individuals related to the assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Thursday before sending the case to Riyadh, angering rights organisations. On October 2, 2018, the 59-year-old journalist was assassinated inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, in a brutal murder that stunned the … Read more

Jamal Khashoggi murder case: Turkey puts 20 Saudis on trial in absentia

Jamal Khashoggi murder case: Turkey puts 20 Saudis on trial in absentia

Twenty Saudi nationals have been sent on trial in absentia in Turkey for the assassination of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Jamal Khashoggi was a Saudi journalist and was killed inside the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Two former aides to the prince, who denied the involved, are among the defendants. Khashoggi’s Turkish Fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, … Read more