The assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.
21.5.2021
Question for written answer E-002746/2021/rev.1
to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Rule 138
Fulvio Martusciello (PPE), Gianna Gancia (ID), Eva Kaili (S&D), Isabella Adinolfi (PPE), Tatjana Ždanoka (Verts/ALE), Antoni Comín i Oliveres (NI), Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó (NI), Vilija Blinkevičiūtė (S&D), Clara Ponsatí Obiols (NI)
Jamal Khashoggi, a former close ally of those in power in Saudi Arabia, of which he had become a fierce critic, was assassinated on 2 October 2018 by a commando of agents from Saudi Arabia. His dismembered body has never been found.
The non-governmental organisation Gulf Centre for Human Rights filed a complaint for torture against Saudi General Ahmad al-Asiri for his alleged responsibility for the physical and psychological abuse inflicted on journalist Jamal Khashoggi before his assassination in 2018.
In early March, Reporters Without Borders lodged a crimes against humanity complaint against the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman in Germany for his responsibility for this assassination.
- 1.What has the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR) done to make sure that the Saudi Government’s extensive efforts to cover up the killing, including destroying evidence, are immediately disclosed?
- 2.What is the VP/HR’s view of the situation?