Saudi Human Rights Commission: Necessary measures have been taken in Jamal Khashoggi case

Update Saudi Human Rights Commission: Necessary measures have been taken in Jamal Khashoggi case
President of the Human Rights Commission of Saudi Arabia, Bandar bin Mohammed Al-Aiban delivers a speech before the UN Human Rights Council. (File/AFP)
Updated 14 March 2019
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Saudi Human Rights Commission: Necessary measures have been taken in Jamal Khashoggi case

Saudi Human Rights Commission: Necessary measures have been taken in Jamal Khashoggi case
  • Al-Aiban said Saudi Arabia “categorically rejects any talk about the internationalization of Khashoggi's case"
  • He also said in response to claims in the International media that there were no secret detention centers in Saudi Arabia

DUBAI: The head of the Saudi human rights commission, Bandar Al-Aiban, told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday that the Kingdom had taken all necessary measures in the case of murdered journalist, Jamal Khashoggi.

In his speech, Al-Aiban said three meetings had been held in the Khashoggi case so far, and that Saudi Arabia “categorically rejects any talk about the internationalization of Khashoggi's case."

Al-Aiban said in response to claims in the International media that there were no secret detention centers in Saudi Arabia, adding that they violated laws, and that UN recommendations were against Saudi regulations.

He also said that the Arab Coalition is committed to international human rights law.