Khashoggi’s murder: One year on, here’s what we know
Al JazeeraOn October 2, 2018, journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul to obtain documents for his upcoming marriage to his Turkish fiance. In one of his first articles for the Post, Khashoggi lambasted the arrest of Saudi intellectuals under MBS, saying: “Saudi Arabia wasn’t always this repressive. Saudi authorities have since charged 11 unnamed suspects over Khashoggi’s murder, including five who could face the death penalty on charges of “ordering and committing the crime”. While the CIA reportedly believes that MBS ordered the killing, Trump said: “Maybe he did, maybe he didn’t.” Germany, Denmark and Finland banned arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Agnes Callamard, the United Nation’s extrajudicial investigator, said Khashoggi’s death “constituted an extrajudicial killing for which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is responsible”.