UN investigator Agnes Callamard to present report on Jamal Khashoggi murder, make recommendations on criminal accountability – statement
Agnes Callamard said after a visit to Turkey this year that the evidence pointed to a brutal crime"planned and perpetrated" by Saudi officials.
Callamard, who has led an international inquiry into Khashoggi's murder in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last October, said after a visit to Turkey this year that the evidence pointed to a brutal crime "planned and perpetrated" by Saudi officials. Her report is expected to include recommendations on criminal accountability of both states and individuals.
She has called on Saudi authorities to reveal the defendants' names, the charges and the fate of 10 other initially arrested.US President Donald Trump's administration is pressing its close Middle East ally Saudi Arabia to show "tangible progress" toward holding to account those behind the Khashoggi killing.
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