A Saudi official has reportedly issued a death threat against a United Nations investigator following her investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Agnès Callamard, the special rapporteur for the organization for extrajudicial killings, told The Guardian that she was warned of a threat by a UN colleague in January 2020. A Saudi official allegedly made two threats during a meeting of senior UN officials in Callamard. Geneva, in which the official allegedly threatened to “take care” of her if she was not enchanted by the UN.
A death threat. That’s how it’s understood, ‘Callamard said when asked how her colleagues view the statement.
After UN officials sounded the alarm over the threat, other Saudi officials tried to reassure them that the threat should not be taken seriously, the Guardian reported. But after the officials left, the Saudi official remained and repeated their alleged threat to UN officials.
‘It was reported to me at the time and it was one occasion where the United Nations was actually very strong on the issue. “People who were present, and also after that, made it clear to the Saudi delegation that this was absolutely inappropriate and that there was an expectation that it would not go any further,” Callamard told the Guardian.
During the ‘high-level’ meeting between Saudi diplomats in Geneva, where Saudi officials and senior UN officials were visited, Callamard’s investigation into Khashoggi’s assassination was furiously criticized by the Saudis, Callamard said. Saudi officials also allegedly unjustifiably claimed that Callamard had been paid by the Qatari government.
As reported by the Guardian, Callamard’s 100-page report, published in 2019, concluded that there was ‘credible evidence’ that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, along with other Saudi officials, was behind Khashoggi’s death. wash. death.
Biden’s government has been widely criticized for its decision not to punish the crown prince for Khashoggi’s assassination, although it did issue sanctions and visa restrictions against other Saudi figures linked to the assassination.
“This is an important step because it gives structural attention to an unacceptable pattern of targeting, monitoring, harassment and threats to dissidents and journalists,” the White House press secretary said. Jen Psaki
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