Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Fordham International Law Journal
Publication Date
2020
Volume
44
First Page
9
Abstract
(Excerpt)
On October 2, 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist based in the United States, walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, where he was brutally murdered and dismembered by Saudi government agents. It was a brazen violation of the most fundamental, internationally recognized human rights, carried out by one close US ally in the territory of another close ally. The US intelligence community quickly determined that the Saudi government and its Crown Prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, were responsible for the killing. Members of Congress briefed by the intelligence community accepted that conclusion, and on October 10, 2018, a bipartisan group of Senators wrote to President Trump demanding that he make a determination of individuals to be sanctioned for the murder of Khashoggi, in accordance with the Global Magnitsky Act.
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