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Family of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi ‘forgives’ killers

The sons of the murdered Saudi journalist say the family pardons those who were involved in their father's murder. The declaration could spare the lives of five convicted people sentenced to death.

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Saudi Arabia says preliminary results of an investigation show Saudi journalist and Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi is dead, and that 18 Saudi nationals have been arrested.
3 Jan 2019
The suspects charged with killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi have appeared in court. His murder in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul threw the kingdom into turmoil, with many suspecting high-level involvement.
19 Jun 2019
Earlier this year, the UN said that Khashoggi was "the victim of a brutal and premeditated" murder, "planned and perpetrated" by Saudi officials. The journalist was allegedly strangled in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
14 Sep 2019
Riyadh initially offered multiple accounts about Khashoggi's disappearance, but later said the journalist was killed by rogue officials inside it consulate. The UN blames Saudi officials for his "premeditated" murder.
22 May 2020
The sons of the murdered Saudi journalist say the family pardons those who were involved in their father's murder. The declaration could spare the lives of five convicted people sentenced to death.
3 Jun 2020
In May, the elder son of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi declared that his family had "forgiven" those responsible for the killing of their father in October 2018. The announcement would give legal reprieve to the five Saudi government agents who have been sentenced to death for the brutal murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. But Khashoggi's fiancée Hatice Cengiz has since renounced that statement.
21 Oct 2020
Hatice Cengiz and US-based group DAWN have filed a civil suit, pursuing the Saudi prince and 28 others for damages. Khashoggi was murdered two years ago when he entered the Saudi consulate to obtain marriage papers.
1 Mar 2021
Hanan El Atr, an Egyptian woman who said she married Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi months before he was killed, told DW she had come forward to deliver his message.
20 Nov 2022
It has been more than four years since journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Since then, his fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, has been fighting to bring his killers to justice. This week she took her campaign to Berlin.
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The murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has still not been solved. His fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, refuses to give up the effort.