The fiancée of slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi has filed a civil lawsuit in a Washington court against Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Hatice Janjitz, along with Democracy in the Arab World Now (DAWN), filed the lawsuit against Salman and other Saudi officials, claiming that they “viewed Mr. Khashoggi’s actions in the United States as an existential threat to their financial and other interests, and thus conspired to engage in heinous acts of terrorism. of the acts that are the subject of this lawsuit.”
The lawsuit says: “The relentless torture and murder of Mr. Khashoggi shocked the conscience of people around the world. The goal of the murder was clear – to stop Mr. Khashoggi’s initiatives in the United States, primarily in his capacity as executive director of the plaintiff DAWN organization, to call for democratic reform in the Arab world.”
The lawsuit claims that Janez was financially dependent on Khashoggi and “sorely missed the love, companionship, and moral support and affection that she had previously enjoyed.”
In September, a Saudi court sentenced eight people to prison for the 2018 murder, which took place at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. State media reported that five people were sentenced to 20 years in prison, while the remaining three were sentenced to prison terms ranging from seven to 10 years.
The CIA concluded with “moderate to high confidence” that it was Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who ordered Khashoggi’s death. He denied involvement in the murder.
Khashoggi, who lives in the U.S., went to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2018 to obtain documents that would allow him to marry a Turkish citizen named Janjitz. While Janjitz was waiting outside, Khashoggi was killed inside the consulate. The incident sparked global outrage.
Also on Tuesday (October 20), Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff of California introduced the Jamal Khashoggi Freedom of the Press Accountability Act, “to ensure that the United States holds accountable those who engage in extrajudicial killings and other serious human rights abuses of journalists”.
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