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Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancee sues Mohammed bin Salman in US court

More than two dozen Saudis are named in the lawsuit seeking accountability for Jamal Khashoggi's "ruthless torture and murder."
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JULY 03: Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, speaks to the media after the first session of the murder trial outside the Caglayan Court House on July 03, 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey. Twenty Saudi nationals went on trial in absentia over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi who was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in 2018. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

The Turkish fiancee of Jamal Khashoggi has filed a civil lawsuit in Washington, DC, against Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other Saudi officials alleged to have played a role in the journalist’s murder two years ago. 

The suit was filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia jointly by Hatice Cengiz and her late fiance's Washington-based advocacy organization, Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN). They are seeking punitive damages for Khashoggi’s “ruthless torture and murder.”

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