The UN delegation, not allowed to see the Consulate of Saudi Arabia, where he was killed Khashoggi

Columnist for the American newspaper The Washington Post, Jamal Khashoggi, was killed on 2 October in the territory of the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul. Turkey is an official investigation of a daring crime

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The UN special Rapporteur on extrajudicial and mass executions Agnes Calamar with an accompanying delegation were not allowed into the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul, where he was killed by Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. As informs television channel NTV, the UN delegation was able to conduct only a visual inspection of the building of the Saudi Embassy.

Later, the press Secretary of the Turkish governing party of justice and development Omer Celik has called the rejection of the UN delegation, in the building of the Consulate General scandal and called for international investigation of the crime, reports TASS.

Earlier Callamar said that is sent to Turkey with a group of international experts to assess the “independent international investigation” of the murder Khashoggi. The results of the evaluation of the investigation and its recommendations will be presented at the session of the Council for human rights of the UN in June 2019. Before she took the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu. It is expected that Calamar will also meet the head of the Ministry of justice of Turkey Abdulhamit Gul and Istanbul public Prosecutor Irfan Fidan.

“I have informed the Saudi authorities about the visit to Turkey and his purposes, has requested access to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul and a meeting with the Ambassador of the Kingdom in Turkey. I also requested permission to undertake a similar visit to Saudi Arabia,” said Callamar in an interview with the newspaper Hurriyet, adding that the response from the Saudi authorities, she has not yet received.

She noted that conducting an investigation on its own initiative in accordance with the mandate of the UN special Rapporteur, as of today there are no signs that the UN and States members of the organization are going to officially require or conduct an international investigation. “During the investigation, I will assess the steps taken by governments, as well as the nature and extent of the responsibility of States and individuals for this murder”, – she added.

Murder Khashoggi

Columnist for the American newspaper The Washington Post, Jamal Khashoggi, was killed on 2 October in the territory of the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul. Turkey is an official investigation of a daring crime.

In Saudi Arabia in connection with the murder Khashoggi was taken into custody 21 persons. Suspects indicted, and five of them the Prosecutor intends to seek the death penalty.

In a criminal case, there are videos of the arrival in Turkey of a “kill squad” of 15 people, among whom was even the medical examiner with an essential tool to dissect the body of opposition journalist. In addition, the last hours of life Khashoggi, when he was tortured by the Consulate General before death, were recorded on the Apple Watch, which the journalist in advance transferred to the record mode and synchronized with my iPhone, left the bride.

According to the version which has been rejected by the Saudi authorities, the order to kill Khashoggi gave someone from the Royal family. On 29 October, published in UK newspaper The Daily Express reported that the British electronic intelligence service learned of the impending Saudi Arabia kidnapping Khashoggi three weeks before his murder. The intelligence source told the publication that the order came from a member of the Royal family, but not from the heir to the throne of Mohammad bin Salman al Saud.

Meanwhile, the Prince is considered the most likely customer violence. The reason could be the opposition social activities Khashoggi. He, in particular, discussed plans to create a youth network of the movement for counter-propaganda against the government of Saudi Arabia.

In correspondence with Saudi activist Abdulaziz Omar Khashoggi called the crown Prince “the beast” and the digital character Pacman. “The more victims it eats, the more he wants, – wrote the journalist about the Prince. – I would not be surprised if the repression reaches even to those who support it”. In addition, Khashoggi had intended to publish data on the use by Saudi Arabia of chemical weapons in Yemen.

In the framework of an “electronic army” of critics of the regime were supposed to be sent to Saudi Arabia a large number of SIM cards, which would be impossible to trace: it would allow the opposition to publish posts to Twitter. Khashoggi also promised to provide the initial funding for the project in the amount of 30 thousand dollars and to enlist the support of wealthy sponsors. However, in August correspondence with Khashoggi allegedly were intercepted by the Saudi intelligence services.

Saudi Arabia reluctantly, and not immediately, but acknowledged the fact of murder Khashoggi. However, Riyadh denied any involvement of the Prince of the crime. Meanwhile, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the order to kill the journalist acted “with the highest levels of government” in Saudi Arabia. The same version adhere and in the us Senate. But the President of the United States Donald trump says he does not believe in the involvement of Saudi crown Prince to the high-profile murder of a journalist.

At the end of last year, the journalist was posthumously awarded the title “Man of the year” by Time magazine along with the editorial staff of American Capital Gazette, in the summer where the shooting occurred, Filipino journalist Maria Ressa, which are judged at home, and reporters VA lawn and With Kyaw OO, who received a prison sentence in Myanmar for the investigation of the murders of Muslims-Rohingya.