Four leading human rights and press freedom groups have urged Turkey to call for a UN probe into the possible murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in order to prevent a cover-up of the alleged crime.
Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and Reporters Without Borders said on Thursday that a probe established by UN chief Antonio Guterres would shed light on the fate of the prominent dissident journalist and prevent a “whitewash”.
“Turkey should enlist the UN to initiate a timely, credible, and transparent investigation,” said Robert Mahoney, deputy executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
“UN involvement is the best guarantee against a Saudi whitewash or attempts by other governments to sweep the issue under the carpet to preserve lucrative business ties with Riyadh.”
Louis Charbonneau, UN director at Human Rights Watch, said Khashoggi’s family and the rest of the world…