Desk Report
Publish: 07 Apr 2022, 11:03 am
Jamal Khashoggi || Photo: Collected
Turkey on Thursday holds the
final stage of the trial in absentia of 26 suspects linked to the killing of
Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi before transferring the case to Riyadh, a decision
that has angered rights groups.
The 59-year-old journalist was
killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018 in a gruesome
murder that shocked the world.
A Turkish court began the trial
in 2020 with relations tense between the two Sunni Muslim regional powers.
But with Turkey desperate for
investment to help pull it out of the economic crisis, Ankara has sought to heal
the rift with Riyadh.
Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag
said last week that he would greenlight a Turkish prosecutor's request to hand
the case over to Saudi Arabia.
The prosecutor said the case was
"dragging" because the court's orders could not be carried since the
defendants were foreigners.
But Human Rights Watch slammed
Ankara Wednesday, saying the decision will "end any possibility of
justice".
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