Saudi crown prince accused of complicity in murder of Jamal Khashoggi is welcomed in Paris
Human rights groups and Khashoggi’s fiancee were strongly critical. Prince Mohammed’s visit to France and Biden’s trip to“do not change the fact that [Prince Mohammed] is anything other than a killer”, said Agnès Callamard, the secretary general of Amnesty International, describing the 36-year-old crown prince as a man who “does not tolerate dissent”.
The crown prince’s reception by world leaders was “all the more shocking given many of them at the time expressed disgust and a commitment not to bring him back into the international community”, she added, denouncing “double standards” and “values … being obliterated in the face of concern about the rising price of oil”.
The initiative, supported by the Open Society Justice Initiative, was filed under universal jurisdiction, which allows a state to try crimes against humanity, war crimes and acts of torture committed outside its territory. The NGOs argued that as crown prince, Prince Mohammed does not benefit from diplomatic immunity.
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