Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman
An international human rights watchdog announced Monday that it had filed a submission with an Argentine federal judge on war crimes allegations against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, who is expected to attend a G20 summit in Buenos Aires later this week.
According to a statement by Human Rights Watch (HRW), Argentine authorities are currently assessing the crown prince’s role in connection with alleged war crimes by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen and his possible complicity in the alleged torture of Saudi nationals, including Jamal Khashoggi.
A meeting between a suspect and a Saudi resident in Turkey’s Yalova province is believed to be related to the disappearance of the body of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Istanbul’s top prosecutor said on Monday.“It was found that one of the suspects who was involved in the killing of Khashoggi met a Saudi Arabian citizen residing in Yalova one day before the incident. It is believed that during this meeting, the annihilation/hiding of Khashoggi’s body was discussed,” the prosecutor said.Public anger greets bin Salman’s Arab tourPolice search villa in NW Turkey in Khashoggi probeTurkish police carried out inspections at a villa in Yalova in relation to the investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.The police and the gendarmerie took security measures around the two story villa in Samanli village of Termal district, according to police sources.The drone-backed search has been assisted by sniffer dogs, as well.Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and columnist for The Washington Post, went missing after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2.After initially saying he had left the consulate alive, weeks later the Saudi administration admitted he was killed there, blaming a rogue group of Saudi operatives.The killing of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and a critic of the crown prince, has strained Saudi Arabia's ties with the West and battered Prince Mohammed's image abroad.
Saudi resident's meeting in Yalova related to Khashoggi’s body: Istanbul Prosecutor
Tunisian NGOs will stage protests on Monday against a planned visit by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the country."Civil society organizations will organize protests against bin Salman’s visit,” Sakina Abdel-Samad, a member of the National Union of Tunisian Journalists, told a press conference in capital Tunis.“We will also file a lawsuit over war crimes being committed in war-torn Yemen,” she said.Groups that plan the protests include the Association of Tunisian Newspaper Directors (Turess), the National Syndicate of Journalists, the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women of Tunisia, the Tunisian Forum on Economic and Social Rights, the Tunisian Young Lawyers Association and the Tunisian Women's Association.Tunisian union calls national strike to press wage demandsTunisian PM seeks realistic pay deal with unionAbdel-Samad said the Tunisian Journalists Syndicate had received a “thank-you message” from the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) for its position against bin Salman's visit.Tunisia is part of bin Salman’s current tour, which started with visiting the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week.A poster of the Saudi crown prince holding a saw with slogans reading “Not Welcome in Tunisia, Land of Revolution” has been hung on the headquarters of the Journalists Syndicate in Tunis.Bin Salman’s tour is his first since Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and a columnist for The Washington Post, was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last month.After initially saying Khashoggi had left the consulate alive, weeks later the Saudi administration admitted he was killed there, blaming a rogue group of Saudi operatives.Tunisian activists call for protests over Saudi crown prince visitTunisians urge demonstrations ahead of bin Salman visit
Tunisia NGOs lead demos against bin Salman's visit
Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and columnist for The Washington Post, went missing after entering the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2.
After initially saying he had left the consulate alive, the Saudi administration admitted weeks later that he was killed there.
Kenneth Roth, executive director of HRW, said an investigation by Argentine authorities would be a "strong signal" that powerful figures such as bin Salman are subject to law.
"Mohammed bin Salman should know that he may face a criminal probe if he ventures to Argentina," he added.
Argentine law gives the country’s judiciary the right to investigate war crimes and torture on a global basis, opening the way for nationals of other countries to be tried for such crimes upon entering the country.
Tunisian rights groups on Monday will stage a protest against a visit of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, activists said.Tunisia is one of the few Arab states where demonstrations are allowed, following a 2011 uprising that toppled the president and gave its once-staid media a new lease of life.The Saudi crown prince is expected to arrive on Tuesday, part of a tour of several Arab countries on his first trip abroad since Khashoggi's murder, which has strained Saudi Arabia's ties with the West and battered his image abroad.Public anger greets bin Salman’s Arab tourA total of 13 Tunisian civic and rights groups, among them the journalists' union, will hold a protest in the afternoon at the central Habib Bourguiba avenue in Tunis, the venue of mass protests against the rule of Zine el-Abidine Ben Al in 2011."The Tunisian revolution.. cannot accept to receive him (bin Salman) and allow himself to clean himself (with his visit) of a murder," said Soukaina Abdessamad of the journalist' union told reporters. "We will stage protests on Monday and Tuesday."Saudi Arabia has said the crown prince had no prior knowledge of the killing of the Washington Post columnist at Riyadh's consulate in Istanbul last month.After offering numerous contradictory explanations, Riyadh said Khashoggi had been killed and his body dismembered when negotiations to persuade him to return to Saudi Arabia failed.Since the 2011 uprising that ended the rule of Ben Ali and triggered the Arab Spring protests that convulsed the region, Tunisia has become one of the few Arab countries where protests are permitted. 
Tunisia activists to protest against Saudi Crown prince visit
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Bahrain on Sunday, continuing his first trip abroad since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul drew global condemnation.The prince landed in Bahraini capital Manama on Sunday for the second leg of his Arab tour and was later received by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in Sakhir Palace, Bahraini state television reported.Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler is also expected to participate in a G20 meeting in Buenos Aires at the end of the month, which will be attended by leaders from the United States, Turkey and other European countries.The killing of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and a critic of the crown prince, has strained Saudi Arabia's ties with the West and battered Prince Mohammed's image abroad.He is expected to visit Tunisia on Tuesday as part of his tour of several Arab states.Tunisian activists have called for protests in front of the presidential palace in Carthage and are trying to mount a legal challenge to stop the visit.
Saudi crown prince begins second leg of Arab tour