'Time to act': UN expert urges international Khashoggi probe
2019-06-27 09:52:48 source：The Aljazeera
June 27, 2019
Geneva, Switzerland - A United Nations rights expert has criticised UN "paralysis" for preventing accountability for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, accusing Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of failing to act.
In a harsh statement on Wednesday, Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, said ignoring the targeted killing will put the protection of free speech at risk.
"The time to act is now," she said, reiterating her appeal for an international criminal investigation.
Callamard criticised the UN while presenting her report into the killing of Khashoggi, who was murdered by a team of Saudi agents in the country's consulate in Istanbul, to the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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