Human Rights Watch asks Saudi crown prince be detained in upcoming G20 summit
Days before the upcoming G20 summit, which begins in Buenos Aires this Friday, the U.S.-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch asked Argentine Federal Judge Ariel Lijo for the arrest of Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman.
The request was in response to the brutal, October 2 murder of Saudi-American journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, Turkey, among other accusations.
Crown Prince bin Salman, 33, will arrive in Argentina in the coming days as head of the Saudi delegation that will participate in the G20 summit to be held November 30 and December 1.
The judge forwarded the complaint to the public prosecutor Ramiro González, who will decide whether to open an investigation and if it is within Argentine jurisdiction to prosecute a murder committed in the Saudi consulate in Turkey.
Jurisdictional obstacles, however, are compounded by political ones, as Argentine President Mauricio Macri is close to U.S. President Donald Trump and has remained silent over the Khashoggi murder.
Asked if he would meet the Saudi prince in Buenos Aires, Trump replied: “I don’t know that he’s going to be there; but if he is, I will.”
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Trump and Netanyahoo admire a murderous bin Salman in a cartoon published by progressive Jewish activists Philip Weiss and Adam Horowitz.
Argentina's Macri has sought closer ties with all three, making real action by Argentine prosecutors all the more unlikely.
