UN\u00a0special investigator Agnes Callamard\u00a0said\u00a0Monday it is “dangerous” and “problematic” for a US intelligence report about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi to formally blame the Saudi crown prince for the killing but to suggest no punishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking at a hybrid UN press conference in Geneva, Callamard welcomed last week\u2019s report naming Mohammed bin Salman as being behind the October 2018 operation in Istanbul that killed Khashoggi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It “is an important demonstration as well on the part of the United States to be transparent,” she said in answer to a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still, Callamard criticized how so far, the US government failed to build on their findings of liability and responsibility on bin Salman’s part, describing it as “worrisome.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Callamard is UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial or arbitrary execution, and she spoke at the press conference with Irene Khan, special rapporteur on the protection of freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It is extremely problematic, if not dangerous, to acknowledge someone’s culpability, and then to tell that someone, we won’t do anything; please proceed as if we had said nothing,” said Callamard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Khan supported Callamard and said she was pleased the report had been published but “very disappointed” that the US has not yet taken more decisive action on accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the press conference, she added: “You probably know that only 12% of killings of journalists ever get investigated and prosecuted. So that is an appalling number around the world. And the US should take the lead in pushing for accountability.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UN\u00a0special investigator Agnes Callamard\u00a0said\u00a0Monday it is “dangerous” and “problematic” for a US intelligence report about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi to formally blame the Saudi crown prince for the killing but to suggest no punishment. Speaking at a hybrid UN press conference in Geneva, Callamard […]<\/p>\n
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