Nobel peace laureate Karman asks for justice in Khashoggi murder
"The same rogue country [Saudi Arabia] that killed Jamal Khashoggi, is the same rogue country that destroyed Yemen," Yemeni Nobel peace laureate Tawakkol Karman said in her comments as demanding justice for the murder of Washington Post columnist Khashoggi and the crimes against humanity in war-torn Yemen.
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- DPA
- Published Date: 03:54 | 02 October 2019
- Modified Date: 07:51 | 02 October 2019
Yemeni Nobel peace laureate Tawakkol Karman demands justice in the Khashoggi murder as well as for the crimes against humanity in her home country, saying the same "rogue regime" is behind both.
Referring to Saudi Arabia and its powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, Karman said: "The same rogue country that killed Jamal Khashoggi, is the same rogue country that destroyed Yemen," adding that the kingdom "bought the world's silence."
In a fiery speech at a memorial for Khashoggi in Istanbul, Karman said of his murder: "No country can do this. No country, no matter how brutal, could commit this crime. Only Daesh could do that. No country, other than the Saudi kingdom, could be like Daesh."
Khashoggi's murder served to "undermine all [Mohammed bin] Salman's efforts to promote himself as a global leader," adding that this will put an end to the royal's political ambitions.
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