
Daily Beast: A criminal case against Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and others in the Saudi hierarchy has been filed in a German court for the brutal 2018 murder, dismemberment, and disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, despite the kingdom’s denial of MBS’ direct involvement and the Biden administration’s flaccid response to the killing.
#Germany's prosecutor general received a criminal complaint from media watchdog Reporters Without Borders against #SaudiArabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and several top officials over the death of #journalist Jamal Khashoggi, it said on Tuesday.https://t.co/LTg1X0fZwM
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) March 2, 2021
The complaint was filed in Germany because laws there can extend “universal jurisdiction” to some serious international crimes, even when the victims are not German. The case is bolstered by the recent conviction in a German court of a Syrian secret-service officer for aiding and abetting crimes against humanity for the torture of protesters at one of Bashar al-Assad’s prisons, according to The Guardian.
RSF, an important media freedom organization, filed a murder complaint with the German authorities against Saudi crown prince MBS using Germany’s universal jurisdiction statutes. This should get interesting https://t.co/r0ztLlEb6J
— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) March 2, 2021
The 500-page complaint filed by the press-freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is the first time a criminal case has been lodged outside of what was largely considered a show trial in Saudi Arabia. That trial saw the conviction of eight people who were later pardoned after members of the Khashoggi family were said to have forgiven them.
“Reporters Without Borders has filed a criminal complaint in Germany accusing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other Saudi officials of committing crimes against humanity in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi and the detention of 34 other journalists.” https://t.co/zsLsG7ajhL
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 2, 2021
The complaint in Germany was filed Monday with public prosecutors in the city of Karlsruhe, according to an RSF statement. The dossier outlines the arbitrary detention of 34 journalists and the brutal murder of Khashoggi to underscore what it calls the kingdom’s “widespread and systematic” persecution of the press.
A criminal case against Mohammed bin Salman and others in the Saudi hierarchy has been filed in a German court for the brutal 2018 murder, dismemberment and disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi https://t.co/QkIpPJuzB9
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 2, 2021
The complaint in Germany was filed Monday with public prosecutors in the city of Karlsruhe, according to an RSF statement. The dossier outlines the arbitrary detention of 34 journalists and the brutal murder of Khashoggi to underscore what it calls the kingdom’s “widespread and systematic” persecution of the press. read more..pay wall..
Global media watchdog @RSF_inter has accused Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and several top officials of committing crimes against humanity in a criminal complaint filed in Germany https://t.co/RHqxHSyc0W
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 2, 2021
Reporters Without Borders files criminal complaint in Germany.-
Media advocacy group accuses Saudi crown prince, aides of crimes against humanity in Khashoggi death https://t.co/kupHnBukoD— NM Apolit (@NMApolitical) March 2, 2021
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He was caught, and he could not punish his underlings or he would have lost any ability to maintain loyalties. His only option was Monarchal Arrogance by pardon.
The US back in the day, got the same thing, when we got caught blowing up a mosque, and since then, it seems we use a lot of Saudi’s for assassination and high risk terrorism.
No chance it wasn’t passed through the clown bus.
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