{"id":1864,"date":"2022-11-19T13:27:18","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T13:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:53:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:53:33","slug":"saudi-princes-new-title-key-to-dodging-lawsuit-over-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/politics\/saudi-princes-new-title-key-to-dodging-lawsuit-over-killing\/2022\/11\/19\/hasan\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi prince\u2019s new title key to dodging lawsuit over killing"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON<\/span> (AP)<\/span> NOV,19 –<\/span> Six<\/span> weeks<\/span> ago,<\/span> Saudi<\/span> Arabia’s<\/span> King<\/span> Salman<\/span> was<\/span> frowned<\/span> upon<\/span> when<\/span> he<\/span> named<\/span> his<\/span> son,<\/span> Crown<\/span> Prince<\/span> Mohammed<\/span> bin<\/span> Salman,<\/span> as<\/span> prime<\/span> minister.<\/span> But<\/span> the<\/span> move<\/span> paid<\/span> off<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday<\/span> when<\/span> the<\/span> Biden<\/span> administration<\/span> said<\/span> Prince<\/span> Mohammed’s<\/span> position<\/span> as<\/span> prime<\/span> minister<\/span> put<\/span> him<\/span> ahead<\/span> of<\/span> US<\/span> lawsuits<\/span> over<\/span> US<\/span> lawsuits.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>S.<\/span> His<\/span> role<\/span> was<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> 2018<\/span> killing<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> US-based<\/span> journalist<\/span> by<\/span> Saudi<\/span> officials,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> intelligence<\/span> agencies.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>National<\/span> Security<\/span> Council<\/span> spokesman<\/span> John<\/span> Kirby<\/span> argued<\/span> on<\/span> Friday<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> government’s<\/span> declaration<\/span> of<\/span> immunity<\/span> for<\/span> Saudi<\/span> Arabia’s<\/span> crown<\/span> prince<\/span> was<\/span> purely<\/span> a<\/span> “legal<\/span> decision”<\/span> and<\/span> “has<\/span> nothing<\/span> to<\/span> do<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> issue<\/span> itself.”<\/span> of<\/span> international<\/span> law<\/span> experts<\/span> agreed<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> government,<\/span> but<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> not<\/span> until<\/span> the<\/span> end<\/span> of<\/span> September<\/span> that<\/span> a<\/span> planned<\/span> U.S.<\/span> S<\/span> decision.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>State<\/span> Department<\/span> spokesman<\/span> Vedant<\/span> Patel<\/span> on<\/span> Friday<\/span> gave<\/span> examples<\/span> of<\/span> past<\/span> cases<\/span> where<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> has<\/span> granted<\/span> immunity<\/span> to<\/span> governments<\/span> or<\/span> heads<\/span> of<\/span> state.<\/span> The<\/span> lawsuit<\/span> was<\/span> filed<\/span> against<\/span> the<\/span> fianc\u00e9e<\/span> of<\/span> murdered<\/span> journalist<\/span> Jamal<\/span> Khashoggi<\/span> and<\/span> D.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>His<\/span> C.<\/span> Base<\/span> rights<\/span> group<\/span> he<\/span> founded.<\/span> Before<\/span> and<\/span> shortly<\/span> after<\/span> taking<\/span> office,<\/span> Mr<\/span> Biden<\/span> vowed<\/span> to<\/span> stand<\/span> up<\/span> to<\/span> Saudi<\/span> Arabia’s<\/span> crown<\/span> prince<\/span> as<\/span> part<\/span> of<\/span> rights-<\/span> and<\/span> values-based<\/span> presidency. The<\/span> Biden<\/span> administration<\/span> believes<\/span> Saudi<\/span> Arabia<\/span> is<\/span> too<\/span> important<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> global<\/span> economy<\/span> and<\/span> regional<\/span> security.<\/span> ,<\/span> argues<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> cannot<\/span> withdraw<\/span> from<\/span> its<\/span> decades-long<\/span> partnership.<\/span> But<\/span> lawyers,<\/span> some<\/span> senior<\/span> Democratic<\/span> lawmakers,<\/span> and<\/span> Khashoggi’s<\/span> newspaper,<\/span> The<\/span> Washington<\/span> Post,<\/span> condemned<\/span> the<\/span> government’s<\/span> move<\/span> on<\/span> Friday.<\/span> criticized.<\/span> Cengiz<\/span> and<\/span> Khashoggi’s<\/span> rights<\/span> group,<\/span> DAWN<\/span> (Democracy<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> Arab<\/span> World<\/span> Now),<\/span> argued<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> crown<\/span> prince’s<\/span> title<\/span> change<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> end<\/span> of<\/span> September<\/span> was<\/span> merely<\/span> a<\/span> ploy<\/span> to<\/span> escape<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> court,<\/span> without<\/span> maintaining<\/span> or<\/span> altering<\/span> any<\/span> power<\/span> or<\/span> obligation.<\/span> Saudi<\/span> Arabia<\/span> has<\/span> blamed<\/span> “ruthless”<\/span> officials<\/span> for<\/span> Khashoggi’s<\/span> murder.Saudi<\/span> Arabia<\/span> is<\/span> an<\/span> absolute<\/span> monarchy,<\/span> as<\/span> opposed<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> constitutional<\/span> monarchy<\/span> like<\/span> Britain,<\/span> where<\/span> a<\/span> prime<\/span> minister<\/span> rather<\/span> than<\/span> a<\/span> king<\/span> or<\/span> queen<\/span> rules.<\/span> Sarah<\/span> Leah<\/span> Whitson,<\/span> head<\/span> of<\/span> Khashoggi’s<\/span> rights<\/span> group,<\/span> said<\/span> Friday’s<\/span> change<\/span> of<\/span> title<\/span> was<\/span> “pretty<\/span> pathetic”.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Biden<\/span> administration<\/span> appeared<\/span> to<\/span> dismiss<\/span> her<\/span> group’s<\/span> claims<\/span> that<\/span> Prince<\/span> Mohammed’s<\/span> recent<\/span> title<\/span> change<\/span> violates<\/span> current<\/span> Saudi<\/span> law<\/span> and<\/span> should<\/span> be<\/span> ignored.Some<\/span> Western<\/span> reports.<\/span> The<\/span> agency<\/span> announced<\/span> that<\/span> King<\/span> Salman,<\/span> who<\/span> is<\/span> in<\/span> his<\/span> late<\/span> 80s,<\/span> will<\/span> hand<\/span> over<\/span> responsibilities<\/span> to<\/span> Crown<\/span> Prince<\/span> Mohammed,<\/span> 37,<\/span> and<\/span> temporarily<\/span> hand<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> title<\/span> of<\/span> prime<\/span> minister.<\/span> A<\/span> federal<\/span> judge<\/span> ordered<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Until<\/span> Thursday,<\/span> he<\/span> will<\/span> comment<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> crown<\/span> prince’s<\/span> claims<\/span> that<\/span> his<\/span> reputation<\/span> protects<\/span> him<\/span> in<\/span> U.S.<\/span> courts.<\/span> At<\/span> the<\/span> time<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> allegations,<\/span> the<\/span> lawyers<\/span> hoped<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> would<\/span> remain<\/span> silent<\/span> and<\/span> not<\/span> comment<\/span> in<\/span> any<\/span> way<\/span> on<\/span> Prince<\/span> Mohammed’s<\/span> immunity.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> contrast,<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> maintains<\/span> full<\/span> diplomatic<\/span> relations<\/span> with<\/span> Saudi<\/span> Arabia.<\/span> The<\/span> State<\/span> Department<\/span> said<\/span> Thursday<\/span> that<\/span> adhering<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> principles<\/span> of<\/span> other<\/span> government<\/span> leaders<\/span> will<\/span> help<\/span> other<\/span> countries’<\/span> courts<\/span> avoid<\/span> trying<\/span> to<\/span> drag<\/span> the<\/span> U.S.<\/span> president<\/span> before<\/span> them<\/span> to<\/span> answer<\/span> a<\/span> lawsuit.<\/span> emphasized.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (AP) NOV,19 – Six weeks ago, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was frowned upon when he named his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as prime minister. But the move paid off on Thursday when the Biden administration said Prince Mohammed’s position as prime minister put him ahead of US lawsuits over US lawsuits. S. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[280,24,2459],"tags":[309,310,311,312,306,307,308],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/KING.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1866,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions\/1866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}