A federal judge in the nation’s capital agreed to toss a civil lawsuit against Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman for the killing of writer Jamal Khashoogi.
and pro-democracy group DAWN – “must be dismissed at this time,” despite a request by the plaintiffs’ attorneys that the judge challenge the Biden decision.
“Despite the Court’s uneasiness, then, with both the circumstances of bin Salman’s appointment and the credible allegations of his involvement in Khashoggi’s murder, the United States has informed the Court that he is immune, and bin Salman is therefore ‘entitled to head of state immunity . . . while he remains in office’,” Bates continued.
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the killing of the well-known journalist and author.Khashoogi was killed by Saudi officials in 2018 after being lured to the nation’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. His body is believed to have been dismembered, but remains from the murder were never recovered. the killing of the well-known journalist and author, who wrote critically of the Saudi leader’s authoritarian rule in the Arab nation.
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