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September 7, 2020 | News
STILL ON THE KILLING OF KHASHOGGI – THE SUSPECTS SHOULD BE TRIED IN THE INTERNATIONAL CRIME COURT
Now that the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken on the killing of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul Turkey, it has become clear that it was indeed an alleged State organized crime, and there is the need for the reported 18 suspects be tried in war crime court in The Hague. Though, Saudi officials have continued to describe Khashoggi’s death as a “rogue operation” and a “tremendous mistake,” but the regime will continue to face harsh international criticism over this inhuman act, which should not go unpunished.
This is not a crime that was committed within a country but a crime that was obviously planned in Saudi Arabia and executed in another country. As such, it is a cross-border/trans-border high level crime that should be heard and tried by the International Crime Court. Even the Turkish President, Erdogan, has described the killing of Khashoggi in Istanbul as “very savage murder” which had been premeditated. While addressing his country's Parliament on the latest details about the death of Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabian Consulate in the Turkish capital on 2 October,2018, President Erdogan said: "To blame such an incident on a handful of security and intelligence members would not satisfy us or the international community…"Saudi Arabia has taken an important step by admitting the murder. As of now we expect of them to openly bring to light those responsible — from the highest ranked to the lowest — and to bring them to justice…."All evidence gathered shows that Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of a savage murder. To cover up such a savagery would hurt the human conscience."
The truth is that, for such a crime to take place in an Embassy, it is worth the concern of the United Nations. And if not properly handled, there is every tendency for world to witness it being repeated. Come to think of it, is this Khashoggi murder in the Embassy of Saudi Arabia not described as terrorism? It is a high-level organized State trans-border crime that should be tried in a world crime Court. The said 18 suspects should be tried in an international war crime Court.
Zik Gbemre.
We Mobilize Others to Fight for Individual Causes as if Those Were Our Causes
Now that the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken on the killing of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul Turkey, it has become clear that it was indeed an alleged State organized crime, and there is the need for the reported 18 suspects be tried in war crime court in The Hague. Though, Saudi officials have continued to describe Khashoggi’s death as a “rogue operation” and a “tremendous mistake,” but the regime will continue to face harsh international criticism over this inhuman act, which should not go unpunished.
This is not a crime that was committed within a country but a crime that was obviously planned in Saudi Arabia and executed in another country. As such, it is a cross-border/trans-border high level crime that should be heard and tried by the International Crime Court. Even the Turkish President, Erdogan, has described the killing of Khashoggi in Istanbul as “very savage murder” which had been premeditated. While addressing his country's Parliament on the latest details about the death of Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabian Consulate in the Turkish capital on 2 October,2018, President Erdogan said: "To blame such an incident on a handful of security and intelligence members would not satisfy us or the international community…"Saudi Arabia has taken an important step by admitting the murder. As of now we expect of them to openly bring to light those responsible — from the highest ranked to the lowest — and to bring them to justice…."All evidence gathered shows that Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of a savage murder. To cover up such a savagery would hurt the human conscience."
The truth is that, for such a crime to take place in an Embassy, it is worth the concern of the United Nations. And if not properly handled, there is every tendency for world to witness it being repeated. Come to think of it, is this Khashoggi murder in the Embassy of Saudi Arabia not described as terrorism? It is a high-level organized State trans-border crime that should be tried in a world crime Court. The said 18 suspects should be tried in an international war crime Court.
Zik Gbemre.
We Mobilize Others to Fight for Individual Causes as if Those Were Our Causes