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Jamal Khashoggi's fiancée and others will talk about his life and legacy on Friday, a month after his death at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. A protester holds a sign showing his solidarity with Khashoggi during a protest in front of the Saudi Embassy in London last week.
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Jamal Khashoggi's fiancée and others will talk about his life and legacy on Friday, a month after his death at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. A protester holds a sign showing his solidarity with Khashoggi during a protest in front of the Saudi Embassy in London last week.
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The murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed while he was trying to prepare documents for his wedding – and his fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, said that it was impossible for her to face his death, because events that began with the death of Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. .
"I really do not know how to express myself," Cengiz said Friday at a memorial in Washington, DC. "Nothing has relieved me of the pain caused by the atrocities I've suffered." The most important reason for this is that his body has not been found yet. "
Without his body, Khashoggi's relatives were not able to perform his funeral prayer, said Cengiz, adding that "our pain is still as fresh as the first day".
Cengiz spoke in a recorded video message that was played during the event at the Mayflower Hotel, a month after Khashoggi's death. He was a columnist for The Washington Post – who broadcast the video of the memorial of today.
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It is unclear where the remains of Khashoggi are and the United States, Turkey and other countries have called on Saudi Arabia to cooperate fully in the framework of a transparent investigation into his death.
The memorial was organized by the Justice for Jamal Khashoggi campaign. It concluded with a prayer – the salat al-ghaib, which is performed in memory of "dead Muslims in a distant place", according to the program of the event.
A few hours before the memorial, Cengiz wrote on Khashoggi in an opinion piece for The Washington Post"While we are witnessing international outrage at his assassination, the perpetrators of these acts must know that they can never erase his vision of his beloved country. # 39; emboldened. "
She added: "It is now up to the international community to bring those responsible to justice."
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Khashoggi was "brutally murdered" as part of a Saudi operation involving more than a dozen men. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, known to have taken direct action against opponents, has been examined and suspected.
The Saudi authorities gave various explanations on the causes and causes of Khashoggi's death on 2 October. First and foremost, it was emphasized that the country had nothing to do with the disappearance of one of its leading critics. Allegations that Khashoggi died in a fight followed – and last week a Saudi prosecutor said the killing was premeditated.
Providing new details on Khashoggi's death this week, the Istanbul prosecutor's office described this act as "assassination", citing a statement that Khashoggi had been arrested shortly afterwards. time after entering the consulate, as part of a plan.
"His body was destroyed after being dismembered following his death by suffocation – again, according to the plans," the statement said, according to the Anadalou agency, headed by the Turkish state.
In addition to marking the month following Khashoggi's death, today we celebrate the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, as stated by the United Kingdom. .
At least 88 journalists were killed in 2018, said UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who issued a message stating:
"On this day, I pay tribute to the journalists who do their work every day despite intimidation and threats, and their work – and that of their fallen colleagues – reminds us that the truth never dies." Our commitment to fundamental rights to freedom of expression should not be there either.
"Report is not a crime."
The date of 2 November was chosen to commemorate two French journalists killed in Mali that day in 2013 – two of the more than 1,000 journalists who, according to the United Kingdom, have died since 2006.
Here is the complete list of people who spoke at the Khashoggi memorial event:
Honorable Gerry Connolly, US House of Representatives (VA-11)
Urooj Mughal on behalf of US Senator Tim Kaine
Thomas O. Melia, PEN America
Andrew Miller, POMED
Noni Ghani, Reporters Without Borders
Daniel Balson, Amnesty International
Dr. Abdullah Alaoudh, Georgetown ACMCU
Dr. Esam Omeish, personal friend
Nihad Awad, personal friend
Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of the late Jamal Khashoggi
Dr. Courtney Radsch, Committee to Protect Journalists
Tom Porteous, Human Rights Watch
