Amnesty International Canada calls on Freeland to push for UN investigation into murder of Jamal Khashoggi

The NDP and Bloc Québécois have called for Canada to cancel the sale of LAVs to Saudi Arabia in the wake of the reported murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

Amnesty International Canada is calling the Canadian federal government's response to date to the alleged murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi 'disappointing,' and is urging Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland to call for a UN investigation into the matter.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

October 22, 2018

Amnesty International Canada is pushing Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland to call for a UN investigation into the reported torture and murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey on Oct. 2, calling the government’s response to da...

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