(ANSA) – ISTANBUL, NOV 23 – A new hearing was held in Istanbul in the trial for the killing, in 2018, of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in which 26 Saudis accused of having played a role in the murder of the reporter. At today’s hearing, the judges asked the Turkish Ministry of Justice to ask Riyadh for the names of those who have already been sentenced in a trial on the journalist’s murder that was held in Saudi Arabia so that they do not receive a new one. condemnation. The trial was then updated on February 24th. “Everyone knows that the trial will be symbolic until the defendants are captured and taken to Turkey” said the Turkish representative of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Erol Onderoglu calling the case “now at a standstill” and asking for it to be included. in the list of suspects the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (Mbs).
Khashoggi had openly criticized MBS and a US intelligence report claims that the Saudi Crown Prince approved an operation to capture or kill the journalist in Istanbul. On 2 October 2018 Khashoggi went to the Consulate of Riyadh in Istanbul to obtain the necessary documents to marry his Turkish girlfriend Hatice Cengiz. The reporter never left the building and Turkish officials believe he was torn to pieces within the consular mission even though the remains of the body were never found. The murder was heavily criticized by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who cut off relations with Saudi Arabia. Recently, the Turkish leader has never returned to comment on the case in parallel with diplomatic attempts to reconnect between Ankara and Riyadh.
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