A French judge will look into complaints against Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi's killing
A French judge will investigate complaints against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman regarding his alleged involvement in the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The case was prompted by rights groups accusing him of complicity in torture and enforced disappearance. This inquiry follows a ruling by the Paris Court of Appeal, which deemed the complaints admissible for further examination.
- ▪The French investigating judge will look into complaints filed by Trial International and Reporters Without Borders.
- ▪The complaints accuse the crown prince of involvement in Khashoggi's torture and enforced disappearance.
- ▪The Paris Court of Appeal found the complaints admissible, suggesting potential classification as a crime against humanity.
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PARIS — A French investigating judge will examine a complaint by two rights groups accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of involvement in the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, France’s national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said Saturday. The prosecutor’s office, known as the PNAT, said the case will now be handled by an investigating judge from the crimes against humanity unit after a May 11 ruling by the Paris Court of Appeal. The complaint was filed by Trial International and Reporters Without Borders. The groups accuse the Saudi crown prince of complicity in torture and enforced disappearance over the killing of Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident journalist and Washington Post columnist who was brutally killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in October 2018.
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