Saudi official denies threatening UN investigator over Khashoggi killing

Awwad Alawwad said he did not make menacing comments toward UN investigator Agnes Callamard after she said an unnamed Saudi official threatened to have her "taken care of" during a meeting.
Awwad Alawwad
French Minister of Culture Francoise Nyssen (R) and her Saudi counterpart Awwad Alawwad sign an agreement on April 9, 2018, in Paris during Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to France. Six months later, Jamal Khashoggi was killed in Turkey; Alawwad now heads Saudi Arabia's human rights commission. - LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images
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Saudi official Awwad Alawwad denied Thursday that he threatened a United Nations investigator over the inquiry into the death of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

Khashoggi, who wrote for The Washington Post, was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey in 2018. The murder resulted in significant international criticism and assertions that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman personally sanctioned the murder. The Saudi government maintains that the operation was “rogue” and unknown to the crown prince. 

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