The US claims Saudi Prince Bin Salman cannot be tried for the execution of a journalist.
The government told the court that the crown prince has immunity because he is considered the head of the Saudi government.
247 - The United States Department of State said on Friday (18) that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, accused of ordering the execution of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, cannot be tried for the crime in US courts.
According to the State Department, Bin Salman has immunity granted to heads of government. "The U.S. government has expressed its grave concerns about the horrific murder of Jamal Khashoggi, and these concerns were raised publicly and at the highest levels of the Saudi government," the statement said in a letter sent to the court by the Department of Justice. According to the newspaper... The GlobeThe statement was made in the context of a lawsuit filed by the journalist's widow, Hatice Cengiz, against Bin Salman and other Saudi officials in a Washington court.
Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist who also held American citizenship, was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018 when he went there to obtain documents to marry his fiancée, Turkish national Hatice Cengiz. Khashoggi never left the consulate, and experts believe he was executed and his body dismembered. His remains have never been found.
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