UN Human Rights Chief Seeks International Inquiry into Khashoggi Murder

Rasa - United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Wednesday that an international investigation was needed to determine who was responsible for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October.

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Date: 07 December 2018 - 13:47

RNA - Bachelet, asked at a news conference in Geneva about the need for an international inquiry, replied that "I do believe it is really needed in terms of ensuring what really happened and who are the (people) responsible for that awful killing", Al-Jazeera reported.

Senior US senators said on Tuesday, after receiving a CIA briefing on the matter, that they were more certain than ever that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MbS), was responsible for the killing of Khashoggi.

Riyadh has admitted Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul. Khashoggi - a Saudi writer, United States resident and Washington Post columnist - had entered the building on October 2 to obtain documentation certifying he had divorced his ex-wife so he could remarry.

After weeks of repeated denials that it had anything to do with his disappearance, the kingdom eventually acknowledged that its officials were behind the gruesome murder. The whereabouts of his body are still unknown.

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