Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The announcement of the US President’s request, Joe Biden’s administration, to grant Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the lawsuit filed against him by Khadija Genghis (Jamal Khashoggi’s girlfriend when was shot dead in his country’s consulate in 2018) has caused an uproar among activists on social media.
Khaled, the son of Saad Al-Jabri, the former Saudi security adviser to Saudi Arabia, commented, saying, in a tweet: “What do Biden’s promises of ‘accountability’ and ‘consequences’ look like… Even Trump has not gone this far in protecting Mohammed bin Salman.”
For her part, Agnes Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International and former UN Special Rapporteur on Arbitrary and Extrajudicial Executions, commented in a tweet: “This is a profound betrayal, a new one, first ignored by President Trump and then (shakes the fist ) from the President.” Biden, there are always deals, and today immunity, and all of that has led to impunity, and at all times there were other options.
CNN in Arabic reached out to the Saudi Embassy in America for comment without a response until writing this report.
On the other hand, Fahd Al-Atawi’s account holder commented, “My lord, the crown prince, is above all immune from God Almighty, and my master, the Keeper of the Two Holy Mosques, and with the support of the Saudi people for his honorable highness”.
Rakan Al-Otaibi wrote, saying, “Urgent: The case of so-called Khadija Genghis who filed against Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman on 20/10/2020 has been dismissed and she was accusing him of being the one who killed the late Jamal Khashoggi. Today, this two-year-old case is dismissed due to the international immunity he enjoys.” Crown Prince.. A thousand thousand congratulations, Abu Salman.
