Saudi journalist Khashoggi's children forgive their father's killers
The sons of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, killed by Saudi Arabian agents at that country's consulate in Istanbul in October 2018, forgave their father's killers "on the occasion of this virtuous night in the month of blessed Ramadan."
"We sons of Khashoggi forgive those who killed our father for the love of Almighty God," Shalah Khashoggi, Jamal's son, said in a message posted on the Twitter network,
The message adds that the decision to forgive occurred on the occasion of this holy night of the holy month of Ramadan, which ends this weekend.
Under Islamic law, family members can forgive the murderer of their deceased and thus suspend the execution of the death sentence, but in this case the judicial consequences are still unclear.
Khashoggi, a moderate critical journalist of the Saudi regime who collaborated with the Washington Post, was assassinated on October 2, 2018 in the Saudi Arabian consul in Istanbul, where he had gone to process a certificate to be able to marry in new nuptials.
Saudi authorities initially denied the death, later said it was accidental and later admitted that it was premeditated and that the body was even cut up, but that the crown prince was unaware.
Khashoggi's body has yet to be found.
Saudi justice sentenced to death last December 5 unidentified people out of a total of 11 accused for whom the Prosecutor's Office had requested capital punishment in a controversial ruling that received criticism from human rights defenders and the special rapporteur of the UN for Extrajudicial Executions, Agnes Callamard.
Saud al-Qahtani, personal advisor to Prince Mohamed bin Salman, was acquitted at the sentencing, who both Callamard and the United States Senate directly pointed to for the crime.
In the ruling, the judge considered that there was an unintentional crime arguing that the accused and the victim were not "at odds."
Already then Salah Khashoggi, Jamal's son and who had already appeared publicly with the crown prince in the past to support the authorities' actions in the case of his father, praised the judicial action.
"Justice is based on two principles: achieving justice and speedy prosecution, and with that there is no injustice or delay. Today, the judiciary gave justice to us, the children of the late Jamal Khashoggi. We express our confidence in the Saudi judiciary at all levels, "he then wrote on Twitter.
