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Apr 7, 2022, 6 tweets

Turkey to hand Khashoggi trial over to Saudis.

The journalist was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018.

Handing case to Riyadh will "reinforce Saudi authorities' apparent belief that they can get away with murder", says Human Rights Watch

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The murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

#AFPgraphics on the gruesome murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, in October 2018 that shocked the world

#BREAKING Turkey court confirms transfer of Khashoggi murder trial to Saudi Arabia: AFP

#UPDATE Turkish court halts trial in absentia of 26 suspects in the killing of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi and its transfer to Riyadh.

"We decided to halt and hand over the case to Saudi Arabia," judge says. The journalist was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018

#BREAKING Khashoggi fiancee says will appeal transfer of murder trial to Saudi Arabia

#UPDATE Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of murdered Saudi critic Jamal #Khashoggi, said Thursday she would appeal a Turkish court's decision to hand to Saudi Arabia a case involving 26 suspects linked to his killing u.afp.com/wh5Q

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