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Images of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul where Turkish police believe prominent Saudi journalist and critic Jamal Khashoggi was murdered after he went missing on Tuesday, according to an unnamed government official. IMAGES
Businessman, Marian Kocner arrives at court to hear the verdict in the case in which he is accused of ordering the 2018 murder of an investigative journalist and his fiancee. IMAGES of Marian Kocner and the victims' families in court
Bratislava, Sep 3 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Jozef Jakubco).- Slovak businessman Marian Kocner was acquitted on Thursday of ordering the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak in February 2018. The killings of Kuciak and his wife set off the largest nationwide protests in the country since the Velvet Revolution (1989), bringing hundreds of thousands of people to the streets condemning the systemic corruption within the government. FOOTAGE OF THE COURTHOUSE AND THE TRIAL.
Istanbul, Jul 3 (EFE).- Twenty Saudi citizens went on trial in absentia in Turkey on Friday for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.The Saudi reporter, 59, who was a vocal critic of the Saudi royal family, was killed inside the country’s consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018.FOOTAGE OF THE COURT HOUSE AND SOUNDBITES OF HATICE CENGIZ, KHASHOGGI'S FIANCEE.Translation:"The first trial was held here today. The process was very debilitating for me. We requested to attend the trial, it was accepted, so we will follow up on the trial. It will not be an emotional burden on our shoulders, we want to follow the case very closely."
The trial in absentia of 20 Saudi suspects accused of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018, including two former aides to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, begins in Istanbul. IMAGES
A minute of silence is held in Istanbul to mark the first anniversary of the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Washington Post columnist was killed and dismembered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018, in an operation that reportedly involved 15 agents sent from Riyadh. His body was never found. IMAGES