UN indicts Saudi Prince over Khashoggi’s death

The United Nations has indicted Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman and other high-level officials over the death of Jamal Khashoggi.

A report by special rapporteur Agnes Callamard says there is credible evidence that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince and other high-level officials are individually liable for the killing of Khashoggi.

The report says the evidence merits further investigation by an independent and impartial international inquiry.

Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul by Saudi agents.

The gulf kingdom has put 11 unidentified people on trial behind closed doors for Khashoggi’s murder and is seeking the death penalty for five of them.

However, Ms Callamard said the trial failed to meet international procedural and substantive standards, and called for it to be suspended.