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Khashoggis fiancee rejects family pardon offer to killers


This file photo taken on October 25, 2018 shows a demonstrator holding a poster picturing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and a lightened candle during a gathering outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul. (Photo by AFP)

The fiancee of the slain Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi has rejected his familys decision to forgive their fathers murderers, saying, "no one has the right to pardon his killers."

Hatice Cengiz, the Turkish fiancee of Khashoggi, made the comments on Friday after Salah, one of the late journalists sons, posted a brief statement on Twitter earlier on the same day, saying his family has pardoned those responsible for his fathers murder.

"In this blessed night of the blessed month [of Ramadan], we remember Gods saying: If a person forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is due from Allah," he said.

"Therefore, we the sons of the Martyr Jamal Khashoggi announce that we pardon those who killed our father, seeking reward God almighty."

Cengiz took to Twitter, saying Jamal Khashoggi had become "an international symbol bigger than any of us, admired and loved."

"Jamal was killed inside his countrys consulate while getting the docs to complete our marriage. The killers came from Saudi with premeditation to lure, ambush [and] kill him," she added.

Cengiz further noted the heinous murder does not have a statue of limitations, adding that she will not stop until justice is served.

Many leading Saudi activists also shared the sentiment, stressing that Khashoggis murder is a political issue rather than a familial one.

"The murder of Jamal Khashoggi is not a family case, it is not a mistake in a normal context," said Yahya Assiri, the head of the London-based Saudi rights group ALQST.

"The authorities killed him because of his political work," Assiri said. "His case is political, so keep silent."

Under Islamic law, death sentences can be commuted if the victims family pardons the perpetrator, but it is not clear whether that will apply in this case.

Activists argue that this applies to cases of family disputes or personal grievances, and not in a political case like Khashoggis.

Some of them have also shared on social media a Saudi Supreme Court document from six years ago that said there can be no pardoning of perpetrators in homicide cases.

"The public prosecutions framing of the punishment [of Khashoggis killers] as retribution from the outset made it clear there was an intention to exonerate his murderers by way of a pardon from the family," said Abdullah Alaoudh, a Saudi academic at Georgetown University.

"Unfortunately, what happened was expected."

Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post, who had become a critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed and his body dismembered by a Saudi hit squad after being lured into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018.

Some Western governments, as well as the CIA, accused bin Salman of ordering the killing, an accusation that was initially rejected by Saudi officials. A year after the murder the crown prince accepted responsibility, saying "it happened under my watch."

While 31 suspects were linked to the killing, only 11 were put on trial in the capital city of Riyadh behind closed doors. Based on the court ruling, five people were sentenced to death, three to jail and the remaining three were exonerated.

The United Nations and rights groups condemned the trials as they failed to convict the masterminds behind the brutal killing.

However, Salah Khashoggi said of the verdict that "it has been fair to us and that justice has been achieved."

This is while Salah still lives in Saudi Arabia, and there are suspicions he has been coerced into issuing the pardon.

Khashoggis fiancée believes this is all part of a cover-up by the Saudi authorities and that the true culprits are still at large and justice has yet to be served.


SOURCE: PRESS TV

 

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