In a moving speech at a commemorative ceremony in London on Monday, the fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi called President Donald Trump, saying he was disappointed with his response to the killing of Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this month. this.

"I am deeply grateful for the solidarity of many people around the world. I am, however, disappointed with the actions of leaders in many countries, especially the United States, President Trump, said Hatice Cengiz.

"President Trump should help reveal the truth and ensure justice," she said. "It should not pave the way for a concealment of my fiancé's murder. Let's not let the money defile our conscience and compromise our values. "

Cengiz, who declined Trump's invitation to the White House last week, commented on some of Trump's statements following the disappearance and murder of Khashoggi, who seemed to underestimate the fate of columnist of the Washington Post and critic of the Saudi regime living in exile self-imposed the United States

Shortly after Khashoggi's disappearance, Trump initially agreed that the Saudi royal family denies any involvement in Khashoggi's death and said that the United States would punish itself if it canceled a deal to sell it. 39, weapons worth $ 120 billion with Saudi Arabia. More recently, Trump described Saudi Arabia's handling of the Khashoggi case as the "worst dissimulation of the history of cover-up".

Khashoggi, who was once a Saudi insider, criticized the country's de facto ruling ruler and crown prince, Mohammad bin Salman, known by his MBS initials. After being attacked by officials close to the MBS, Khashoggi left Saudi Arabia in 2017 and became an American resident.

"Jamal was not a voice for the voiceless. Jamal has become a voice for those who have been silenced, "said Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council for Islamic-American Relations and close friend of Khashoggi, who spoke at the commemorative ceremony.

More than a dozen people, including journalists, activists and politicians, spoke at Khashoggi's commemorative ceremony at Al Sharq Forum and Middle East Monitor. Many of the people who stepped on the podium knew Khashoggi personally and described him as someone who loved his country and was deeply sorry to go into exile.

On October 2, Khashoggi went to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul to obtain the routine papers needed for the marriage of Cengiz, a Turkish citizen, and went missing shortly thereafter.

The details of what happened since Khashoggi entered the diplomatic forum until the moment of his death remain unknown. In recent weeks, audio recordings have been leaked to Turkish media purporting to reveal the killing of Khashoggi. And the reports based on these unpublished audio files give a macabre account that Khashoggi was tortured and beheaded.

The Saudi government initially said that Khashoggi had left his consulate unscathed on 2 October. Despite the growing indignation of the international community, the kingdom then claimed that Khashoggi had died as a result of a "fight" in the Saudi diplomatic forum. Last week, Saudi officials described his death as "premeditated murder," for the third time in as many weeks as the regime changed hands.

The whereabouts of Khashoggi's body and remains are unknown, prompting Cengiz to call on Saudi Arabia to hand over the journalist's body.

"I want to bury the body of the beloved Jamal," said Cengiz. "Therefore, I ask again: Where is his body?"

Turkish government officials also asked the Saudis to tell the authorities where Khahoggi's body was and who ordered the killing.

Cengiz described his fiancée as a compassionate man, full of love and fell in love with her. They had dreamed, she said, of a new future together.

"It's a dream we almost achieved when my dear Jamal entered the Saudi consulate," Cengiz said. "He needed a simple bureaucratic document so that we could get married and realize our hopes and dreams. Yet our dreams have been stopped and my world has turned into this terrible day. "

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