Hatice Cengiz Is Continuing Her Fight for Justice | DW News

Nov 10, 2022 | It's been more than four years since Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in the Kingdom's consulate in Istanbul, where he went to collect the papers he needed to marry his fiance, Turkish national Hatice Cengiz. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman denied ordering the killing but later admitted it took place "under his watch".

Jamal Khashoggi's Fiancée Sues Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

THE GUARDIAN: Hatice Cengiz files US lawsuit against leader and 28 ‘co-conspirators’ over journalist’s murder

The fiancée of the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is suing the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, and two dozen other Saudis in the US courts, accusing them of direct involvement in the dissident’s gruesome killing in Istanbul two years ago.

Hatice Cengiz and Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn), a Washington-based rights group set up by Khashoggi shortly before his death, filed a lawsuit in the US district court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday seeking unspecified damages against the kingdom’s de facto leader and 28 “co-conspirators” over the killing.

Khashoggi broke with the Saudi elite in 2017 and moved to the US, where he began to write critically about Saudi government policy as a columnist for the Washington Post. » | Bethan McKernan in Istanbul | Wednesday, October 21, 2020