Following a request today by the prosecutor in the case against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi that their trial in absentia be suspended and the case be transferred to Saudi Arabia, Tarik Beyhan, Amnesty International Turkey’s Campaign Director said: “If the prosecutor’s request is granted,
Human rights advocates were stunned but not surprised Thursday after a Turkish prosecutor asked a court to move the trial of 26 Saudi men accused of - Brett Wilkins for Antiwar.com Original
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Amnesty International urged Turkey to press ahead with the trial, saying if it is transferred to Saudi Arabia, Turkey will be “knowingly and willingly sending the case to a place where it will be covered up.”