{"id":511846,"date":"2022-11-18T09:40:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T06:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/us-moves-to-shield-saudi-crown-prince-in-journalist-killing\/"},"modified":"2022-11-18T09:40:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T06:40:59","slug":"us-moves-to-shield-saudi-crown-prince-in-journalist-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/us-moves-to-shield-saudi-crown-prince-in-journalist-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"#US moves to shield Saudi crown prince in journalist killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39f17cb0ebb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39f17cb0ebb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/us-moves-to-shield-saudi-crown-prince-in-journalist-killing\/#US_moves_to_shield_Saudi_crown_prince_in_journalist_killing\" >US moves to shield Saudi crown prince in journalist killing<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"US_moves_to_shield_Saudi_crown_prince_in_journalist_killing\"><\/span>US moves to shield Saudi crown prince in journalist killing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The Biden administration declared Thursday that Saudi Arabia&#8217;s crown prince should be considered immune from a lawsuit over <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/us-saudi-crown-prince-khashoggi-killing-26c37f6d603737de7509f5ee09ae7f9d\" data-ylk=\"slk:his role\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">his role<\/a> in the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/480b9523618f4d7ca940630a8e6f71de\" data-ylk=\"slk:killing of a U.S.-based journalist\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">killing of a U.S.-based journalist<\/a>, a turnaround from Joe Biden&#8217;s passionate campaign trail denunciations of Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the brutal slaying.<\/p>\n<p>The administration said the senior position of the crown prince, Saudi Arabia&#8217;s de facto ruler and recently named prime minister as well, should shield him against a suit brought by the fianc\u00e9e of slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and by the rights group Khashoggi founded, Democracy for the Arab World Now.<\/p>\n<p>The request is non-binding and a judge will ultimately decide whether to grant immunity. But it is bound to anger human rights activists and many U.S. lawmakers, coming as Saudi Arabia has stepped up imprisonment and other <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/middle-east-saudi-arabia-jamal-khashoggi-only-on-ap-government-and-politics-eb734410bd38e5ce6ab8f91a3b62d1b0\" data-ylk=\"slk:retaliation against peaceful critics at home and abroad\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">retaliation against peaceful critics at home and abroad<\/a> and has cut oil production, a move seen as undercutting efforts by the U.S. and its allies to punish Russia for its war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department on Thursday called the administration&#8217;s call to shield the Saudi crown prince from U.S. courts in Khashoggi&#8217;s killing \u201cpurely a legal determination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The State Department cited what it said was longstanding precedent. Despite its recommendation to the court, the State Department said in its filing late Thursday, it \u201ctakes no view on the merits of the present suit and reiterates its unequivocal condemnation of the heinous murder of Jamal Khashoggi.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Saudi officials killed Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. They are believed to have dismembered him, although his remains have never been found. The U.S. intelligence community concluded Saudi Arabia\u2019s crown prince had <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved the killing of the widely known and respected journalist, who had written critically of Prince Mohammed\u2019s harsh ways of silencing of those he considered rivals or critics.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration statement Thursday noted visa restrictions and other penalties that it had meted out to lower-ranking Saudi officials in the death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the earliest days of this Administration, the United States Government has expressed its grave concerns regarding Saudi agents\u2019 responsibility for Jamal Khashoggi\u2019s murder,\u201d the State Department said. Its statement did not mention the crown prince&#8217;s own alleged role.<\/p>\n<p>Biden as a candidate vowed to make a \u201cpariah\u201d out of Saudi rulers over the 2018 killing of Khashoggi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it was a flat-out murder,\u201d Biden said in a 2019 CNN town hall, as a candidate. \u201cAnd I think we should have nailed it as that. I publicly said at the time we should treat it that way and there should be consequences relating to how we deal with those \u2014 that power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Biden as president has sought to ease tensions with the kingdom, including <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-israel-middle-east-saudi-arabia-83c27ca7357e41efedaa2318da59d0ab\" data-ylk=\"slk:bumping fists\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">bumping fists<\/a> with Prince Mohammed on a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-2022-midterm-elections-biden-inflation-business-fa45f3023af51b1b7201f0c06d86f72d\" data-ylk=\"slk:July trip to the kingdom\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">July trip to the kingdom<\/a>, as the U.S. works to persuade Saudi Arabia to undo a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-inflation-health-germany-elections-d873521f8b165774de3902439dd5a6ee\" data-ylk=\"slk:series of cuts in oil production\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">series of cuts in oil production<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Khashoggi&#8217;s fiancee, Hatice Cengiz, and DAWN sued the crown prince, his top aides and others in Washington federal court over their alleged roles in Khashoggi&#8217;s killing. Saudi Arabia says the prince had no direct role in the slaying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s beyond ironic that President Biden has singlehandedly assured MBS can escape accountability when it was President Biden who promised the American people he would do everything to hold him accountable,&#8221; the head of DAWN, Sarah Leah Whitson, said in a statement, using the prince&#8217;s acronym.<\/p>\n<p>Biden in February 2021 had ruled out the U.S. government imposing punishment on Prince Mohammed himself in the killing of Khashoggi, a resident of the Washington area. Biden, speaking after he authorized release of a declassified version of the intelligence community&#8217;s findings on Prince Mohammed&#8217;s role in the killing, argued at the time there was no precedent for the U.S. to move against the leader of a strategic partner.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military long has safeguarded Saudi Arabia from external enemies, in exchange for Saudi Arabia keeping global oil markets afloat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s impossible to read the Biden administration\u2019s move today as anything more than a capitulation to Saudi pressure tactics, including slashing oil output to twist our arms to recognize MBS\u2019s fake immunity ploy,\u201d Whitson said.<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge in Washington had given the U.S. government until midnight Thursday to express an opinion on the claim by the crown prince&#8217;s lawyers that Prince Mohammed&#8217;s high official standing renders him legally immune in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration also had the option of not stating an opinion either way.<\/p>\n<p>Sovereign immunity, a concept rooted in international law, holds that states and their officials are protected from some legal proceedings in other foreign states\u2019 domestic courts.<\/p>\n<p>Upholding the concept of \u201csovereign immunity\u201d helps ensure that American leaders in turn don\u2019t have to worry about being hauled into foreign courts to face lawsuits in other countries, the State Department said.<\/p>\n<p>Human rights advocates had argued that the Biden administration would embolden Prince Mohammed and other authoritarian leaders around the world in more rights abuses if it supported the crown prince&#8217;s claim that his high office shielded him from prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Mohammed serves as Saudi Arabia&#8217;s de facto ruler in the stead of his aged father, King Salman. The Saudi king in September also temporarily transferred his title of prime minister \u2014 a title normally held by the Saudi monarch \u2014 to Prince Mohammed. Critics called it a bid to strengthen Mohammed\u2019s immunity claim.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Eric Tucker and Aamer Madhani contributed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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