UN Rapporteur calls for public trial in Khashoggi case

By Jeyhun Aliyev

ANKARA (AA) - UN's human rights expert on Thursday called on Saudi Arabia to carry out a public trial proceeding for the killing case of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

"Make public all trial proceedings and all evidence against the accused," UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial and Arbitrary Executions Agnes Callamard said in a statement.

Callamard said that Saudi Arabia’s "closed-door trials" of those accused of killing Khashoggi have "fallen short of meeting international standards".

She also condemned the lack of transparency in Saudi Arabia’s investigation, as well as legal proceedings into Khasshoggi killing.

Khashoggi, a contributor to The Washington Post, was killed at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2.

After producing various contradictory explanations, Riyadh acknowledged he was killed inside the consulate building, blaming the act on a botched rendition operation.

Turkey has sought the extradition of the Saudi citizens involved in the killing as well as a fuller accounting of the killing from Riyadh.