Jamal Khashoggi: Call for Turkey murder trial to be halted
Source: BBC
Jamal Khashoggi: Call for Turkey murder trial to be halted
31 March 2022
A Turkish prosecutor has asked a court in Istanbul to halt the trial in absentia of 26 Saudi nationals over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in 2018.
The prosecutor said the case should be transferred to Saudi Arabia, which has refused to extradite the defendants.
Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist critical of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed by Saudi agents inside the country's consulate in Istanbul.
The head of Amnesty International accused Turkey of "betraying" him.
Khashoggi's former fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, said in a statement that she was "heartbroken" by the prosecutor's request, according to Reuters news agency.
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Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by a team of Saudi agents in Istanbul in 2018 (AFP)