Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is not being prosecuted in the United States for his role in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who worked in the US and criticized the Saudi regime. The court rejects a lawsuit because the crown prince enjoys immunity as prime minister of Saudi Arabia.
The judge expresses his discomfort with the entire course of events, also in view of the ‘credible allegations’, American media report. But the court points out that the US Biden administration emphasizes that the prince has political immunity. The case, brought by Khashoggi’s fiancée, was reportedly a last-ditch effort to hold the crown prince accountable for the 2018 murder.
Immunity
The King of Saudi Arabia decided to make the Crown Prince Prime Minister in September, a position usually held by the King himself. Human rights activists speak of a ploy to avoid responsibility for Khashoggi’s murder. According to the Biden administration, Bin Salman enjoyed formal immunity because of his premiership. She asked a US court last month to grant Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman immunity. There was much criticism of that request.
Khashoggi, a critic of the Arab regime, was murdered more than four years ago in the Saudi consulate in Turkey. The critic of the Arab regime was murdered more than four years ago in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey. Khashoggi was “kidnapped, tied up, intoxicated, tortured, murdered and dismembered” by a team of Saudi assassins in Istanbul. The remains of the victim were never found. The crown prince himself denies having anything to do with the murder.
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