
Saudi Arabia rebuked at UN over Jamal Khashoggi killing, abuses
Statement by dozens of countries highlighted a wide range of serious human rights violations in the kingdom.6 hours ago
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, has been linked to the killing of Khashoggi [Mohammed al-Shaikh and Oscar del Pozo/AFP]
Dozens of nations condemned Saudi Arabia before the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday over serious violations and demanded accountability for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
In a relatively rare rebuke of the oil-rich kingdom before the UN's top rights body, Denmark's Ambassador Carsten Staur read a statement on behalf of 29 states demanding justice for Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist who was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018 by an assassination team.
In the third joint statement to the co...