Washington: The fiancee of Jamal Khashoggi has asked the US to lead an international investigation into the murder of the Washington Post columnist last October inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. “Jamal’s killing was a violation of the most basic, universal human right: the right to live,” Hatice Cengiz said in written testimony on Thursday to a US congressional panel. “What happened to him is part of a global pattern of journalists and those who speak and write freely being killed. Escaping abroad in search of safe harbor is no longer a guarantee of protection.” Cengiz, a Turkish citizen, used her appearance before the House Foreign Affairs sub-committee on human rights to urge lawmakers to press for an international probe of Khashoggi’s October 2, 2018, killing, reports Efe news. (IANS)
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