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En muralmålning av Jamal Khashoggi i Turkiet, där han mördades på Saudiarabiens ambassad. (Lefteris Pitarakis / TT NYHETSBYRÅN)

Saudiska ambassaden: Släpp mannen omedelbart

Saudiarabiens ambassad i Paris säger att den man som under tisdagen greps för sin misstänkta inblandning i mordet på den saudiske journalisten Jamal Khashoggi inte har några kopplingar till mordutredningen, rapporterar AFP.

”Personen som greps har ingenting att göra med fallet i fråga. Kungariket (Saudiarabien) förväntar sig därför hans omedelbara frigivande”, skriver ambassaden i ett uttalande.

Regimkritikern och journalisten Jamal Khashoggi mördades på Saudiarabiens ambassad i Turkiet 2018. Rapporter har kommit som uppger att mordet beställdes från högsta politiska ort i Saudiarabien.

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Jamal Khashoggi
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Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi (; Arabic: جمال أحمد خاشقجي‎, romanized: Jamāl ʾAḥmad Ḵāšuqjī, Hejazi pronunciation: [dʒaˈmaːl xaːˈʃʊɡ.(d)ʒi], Turkish: Cemal Ahmet Kaşıkçı; 13 October 1958 – 2 October 2018) was a Saudi Arabian journalist, dissident, author, columnist for The Washington Post, and a general manager and editor-in-chief of Al-Arab News Channel who was assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 by agents of the Saudi government, allegedly at the behest of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. He also served as editor for the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al Watan, turning it into a platform for Saudi progressives.Khashoggi fled Saudi Arabia in September 2017 and went into self-imposed exile. He said that the Saudi government had "banned him from Twitter", and he later wrote newspaper articles critical of the Saudi government. Khashoggi had been sharply critical of the Saudi rulers, King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. He also opposed the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.On 2 October 2018, Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to obtain documents related to his planned marriage, but was never seen leaving. Amid news reports claiming that he had been killed and dismembered inside, an inspection of the consulate, by Saudi and Turkish officials, took place on 15 October. Initially, the Saudi government denied the death, but following shifting explanations for Khashoggi's death, Saudi Arabia's attorney general eventually stated that the murder was premeditated. By 16 November 2018, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had concluded that Mohammed bin Salman ordered Khashoggi's assassination.On 11 December 2018, Jamal Khashoggi was named Time magazine's person of the year for his work in journalism, along with other journalists who faced political persecution for their work. Time referred to Khashoggi as a "Guardian of the Truth".
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