Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist working for the Washington Post, was killed while in the Saudi Consulate in Turkey. While his remains have not been found, there is evidence of him entering the Consulate, but not leaving, further supporting this conclusion. Khashoggi had written critical articles about the Saudi Crown Prince, which is why his death is believed to be premeditated. Turkey and a few other countries plan on submitting a formal request for a U.N. committee to investigate the matter. While Turkey has tried to investigate the matter, they have reported that Saudi Arabia has made it almost impossible with their lack of cooperation, leading them to take this action. For weeks, the Saudi Consulate denied that Khashoggi was killed on their territory, but recently have indicted 11 people in the killing and have gone as far as to seek the death penalty against five of them. It will be interesting to see if the U.N. investigates the matter and how strongly they probe into it. Some countries have not become heavily involved in the matter or severely criticized Saudi Arabia over the incident, not wanting to harm their relations. Depending on the findings of the U.N., more countries may clearly condemn the nation over Khashoggi’s death.
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