US to deny entry to 16 Saudi nationals over the death of Jamal Khashoggi
Those denied entry include a senior adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a close ally to President Donald Trump
Washington — The US will deny entry to 16 Saudi nationals over “their roles” in the murder of the columnist Jamal Khashoggi, as the administration seeks to sustain pressure on the kingdom to come up with a credible account of his death, the state department announced on Monday. The 16 people, including Saud al-Qahtani, a senior adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, had already been sanctioned by the US over Khashoggi’s death. Monday’s action was done under the 2019 state department appropriations bill, which requires secretary of state Michael Pompeo to refuse entry to individuals and immediate family members if he has information that they’ve been “involved in significant corruption or gross violations of human rights”. “Those individuals and their immediate family members are ineligible for entry into the United States,” the state department said. Mysterious death Khashoggi was killed October 2 2019 after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Questions have centred on w...
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