Kasogi case: Widow asks US to hold Saudi Arabia accountable

His widow Jamal Kasogi challenged US President Joe Biden’s commitment to hold the Saudi kingdom accountable, three years after the assassination of a Saudi journalist that caused a global shock.

To celebrate the anniversary, Hatice Cengiz went to Washington to take part in a demonstration in front of the royal embassy and overnight near the US Congress, where he revealed a portrait of Kasogi made from newspaper clippings.

She said she was discouraged that just days before the anniversary, the US presidency’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known in the US by his initials, MbS. According to a report by US intelligence, which President Biden ordered to be released in the spring, MbS had “confirmed” the murder of the journalist in 2018 inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

“MbS took my Jamal, took it from me and from all over the world. Will you hold him accountable or will you reward these killers? “, Jamal Kasogi’s widow flew during a vigil called by human rights groups.

Before being elected to the US presidency, Joe Biden promised that he would make sure that the Saudi leaders responsible for the assassination of Jamal Kasogi “pay” and that he would treat them like “outcasts”.

Surprisingly, his government did not impose any sanctions on Mohammad bin Salman to avoid a crisis in US relations with the world’s oil-producing state, which remains a key partner of Washington. The Biden government is counting on Riyadh in particular to end the war in Yemen, in which Saudi forces intervened in 2015 to lead an alliance of predominantly Arab countries to support the internationally recognized government against the pro-Shiite Houthi rebels in the pro-Houthi region.

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