Khashoggi fiancee: ‘Do not forget what happened to Jamal’
By DW
29 November 2020 |
1:15 pm
Saudi Arabia's hosting of the G20 summit legitimizes the kingdom's human rights violations, Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi, tells DW. She says the concerns go well beyond his murder.
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