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GENEVA / HRC KHASHOGGI
STORY: GENEVA / HRC KHASHOGGI
TRT: 1:42
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 05 NOVEMBER 2018, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, Palais des Nations exterior
05 NOVEMBER 2018, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
2. Wide shot, Human Rights Council
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bandar Al Aiban, President, Human Rights Commission, Saudi Arabia:
“Regarding the regrettable incident which led to the death of the [Saudi] citizen Jamal Khashoggi, God have mercy on him, we reiterate that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded on an approach derived from Islamic Law, which focuses in its provisions on achieving and entrenching the pillars and principles of justice and its criteria. The leadership in Saudi Arabia has expressed its pain regarding the killing of the citizen Jamal Khashoggi, may God have mercy on him; and the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz has given instructions and the prosecution has taken steps to investigate this case according to the applicable laws in preparation to reaching all the facts, bringing all the suspects to justice, and punishing all those who are condemned in this crime. The actions taken are to clarify the truth and hold the short-comers responsible whoever they may be.”
4. Wide shot, Al Aiban at Human Rights Council
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bandar Al Aiban, President, Human Rights Commission, Saudi Arabia:
“I would like to reconfirm regarding the killing of the citizen Jamal Khashoggi, I would like to reiterate that the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is committed to carrying out a just investigation. The hand of justice will reach all those involved in this crime. Investigations are ongoing in accordance to the relevant laws and procedures.”
6. Wide shot, Human Rights Council
A top Saudi official expressed his government’s “pain” over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a meeting of the Human Rights Council on Saudi Arabia’s human rights record.
Speaking at the Universal Period Review of Saudi Arabia in Geneva, the President of the Kingdom’s Human Rights Commission, Bandar Al Aiban, said his Government was “committed to carrying out a just investigation” in the case of Khashoggi and stressed that the “hand of justice will reach all those involved in this crime.” He said Saudi Arabia was was founded on an approach “derived from Islamic Law, which focuses in its provisions on achieving and entrenching the pillars and principles of justice and its criteria.”
Al Aiban underlined that the Saudi leadership has “expressed its pain regarding the killing of the citizen Jamal Khashoggi, may God have mercy on him; and the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz has given instructions and the prosecution has taken steps to investigate this case according to the applicable laws in preparation to reaching all the facts, bringing all the suspects to justice, and punishing all those who are condemned in this crime.” He added that the actions taken by the Kingdom are to “clarify the truth and hold the short-comers responsible whoever they may be.”
The Human Rights Council conducts Universal Period Review (UPR) of all 193 UN Member States on a rotational basis. The UPR review sessions take place for two weeks, three times a year, and 14 countries are reviewed in each session - a total of 42 per year. The current session will review the following countries in this order: Saudi Arabia, Senegal, China, Nigeria, Mexico, Mauritius, Jordan, Malaysia, the Central African Republic, Monaco, Belize, Chad, Congo and Malta.
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