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Turkey has been pushing to repair ties with estranged regional powers.
Jamal Khashoggi
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Abdulrahman al-Sadhan was reportedly sentenced in a ‘terrorism’ court to 20 years in prison and a 20-year travel ban.
![The UN human rights office had informed Callamard about the threat as well as UN security and authorities [File: Jose Cabezas/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/c60d88205a9042548d9ad49d0cc8c6c7_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Saudi official denies he made the threat against Agnes Callamard during a meeting with UN officials in Geneva.
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Senior official threatened to have Agnes Callamard ‘taken care of’ in meeting with UN colleagues, the Guardian reports.
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Lawmakers are pushing President Joe Biden to take a harder line against Saudi leader over Jamal Khashoggi’s killing.
The US has released its official report on the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
![People attend a symbolic funeral prayer for Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the courtyard of Fatih mosque in Istanbul, Turkey November 16, 2018. [Huseyin Aldemir/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/35cead80415e47e48fa601dec7d01147_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
With Biden refusing to act, courts are the best chance of achieving justice for Jamal Khashoggi.
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Minnesota lawmaker says holding Saudi crown prince accountable is ‘a test of our humanity’.
![Khashoggi was murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018 [File: Beawiharta/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2660e53c4dd74d1094976e029c7beef0_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Reporters Without Borders files case against MBS in German court for ‘crimes against humanity’ for Khashoggi murder.
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Hatice Cengiz demands punishment for the crown prince ‘without delay’ for his role in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
![A demonstrator wearing a mask of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a protest outside the Saudi Arabia consulate where the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was last seen in Istanbul, Turkey on October 25, 2018 [File: Reuters/Osman Orsal]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2018-10-25T000000Z_1038288322_RC1BEC9FA540_RTRMADP_3_SAUDI-KHASHOGGI.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
The Biden administration should not let those responsible for the brutal assassination get away with it.
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Calls for ‘accountability’ grow as US report finds Khashoggi killed by Saudi hit squad operating under command of MBS.
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Foreign affairs ministry says US intel claiming MBS approved the hit on Khashoggi is ‘negative, false and unacceptable’.
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The US announced a visa restriction policy named after prominent Saudi journalist and dissident Jamal Khashoggi.
