Jamal Khashoggi, an outspoken critic of the Saudi royal family, was killed in Istanbul's Saudi consulate in 2018. The justice minister has agreed to a Turkish prosecutor's request to move the trial to Saudi Arabia.
The Turkish prosecutor in the case against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi made a surprise request Thursday that their trial in absentia be suspended and the case transferred to Saudi Arabia, raising fears of a possible cover-up. The panel of judges made no ruling on the prosecutor's…
Jamal Khashoggi, an outspoken critic of the Saudi royal family, was killed in Istanbul's Saudi consulate in 2018. Now a Turkish prosecutor is calling for the trial of the 26 Saudi suspects to be moved to Saudi Arabia.
The Turkish prosecutor in the case against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi made a surprise request Thursday that their trial in absentia be suspended and the case transferred to Saudi Arabia, raising fears of a possible coverup.