Amnesty International described the Saudi Arabian government's sentencing of five men to death for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi a 'whitewash' of justice because they cleared the top officials tied to Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman.
Amnesty International has described the Saudi Arabian government's sentencing of five men to death for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi a"whitewash" of justice because they cleared the top officials tied to Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman.they would be executing five individuals for"directly participating" in the October 2018 murder of Khashoggi.
The NGO's Monday press release continued,"This verdict is a whitewash which brings neither justice nor the truth for Jamal Khashoggi and his loved ones. The trial has been closed to the public and to independent monitors, with no information available as to how the investigation was carried out ... Saudi Arabia's courts routinely deny defendants access to lawyers and condemn people to death following grossly unfair trials.
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and a United Nations report previously concluded that bin Salman personally ordered Khashoggi's killing. U.N. Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard described the Saudi ruling on Twitter:"Bottom line: the hit-men are guilty, sentenced to death. The masterminds not only walk free. They have barely been touched by the investigation and the trial."
Earlier this month, Amnesty International demanded the Saudi government release human rights defender, Waleed Abu al-Khair. The NGO said"credible reports" indicate he was placed in solitary confinement in Dhahban Prison near Jeddah in late November and is being tortured.
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