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Trial in Khashoggi murder case lacks transparency, says UN rights office

  • Colville says the United Nations defy the convictions as the those responsible should be prosecuted and given sentences commensurate with the crime
Published September 8, 2020

(Karachi) United Nations Human Rights office has said that the trial into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by a Saudi court lacked transparency, media reported on Tuesday.

UN Spokesman Rupert Colville said that the United Nations defy the convictions as the trial lacks transparency and those responsible should be prosecuted and given sentences commensurate with the crime.

He added that the norms of accountability in the trial of the case has been ignored.

On September 7, Saudi Arabia convicted eight people charged in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Saudi court halted the death sentence of five accused.

The court handed 20-year jail term each to five men accused for murdering Khashoggi while three others were awarded between seven to 10 years.

The final court verdict was announced after Khashoggi's sons said in May they had "pardoned" the killers - meaning they would not receive death sentences and the verdicts confirmed the five previously condemned men would not be executed.

On October 2, 2018, Jamal Khashoggi went missing while visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Turkish authorities later revealed he was murdered inside the consulate allegedly by a Saudi hit squad. However, the late journalist's body has not been found.

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