One year after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a ceremony was held Wednesday (October 2nd) in front of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. A commemorative stele was inaugurated in a small park opposite the Saudi diplomatic representation where the journalist was killed and dismembered by a Saudi commando on 2 October 2018. His body was never found.

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Among those present was Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Washington Post for whom Jamal Khashoggi wrote. The founder of Amazon also participated in the ceremony alongside Washington Post CEO Fred Ryan, the Turkish girlfriend of the killed journalist Hatice Cengiz, and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Summary Executions, Agnès. Callamard.

Addressing a memorial for slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a special rapporteur Agnes Callamard country respect to all expected of the event, especially journalists who worked on the story of his death pic.twitter.com/k8JhfaovQi

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Friends of Jamal Khashoggi and representatives of several NGOs were also present at the rally, which began with a minute of silence in the memory of the journalist.

"We are here to stand by you, you are not alone," Bezos told Hatice Cengiz in a brief speech. "We will never forget Jamal Khashoggi, ever," said Mr. Ryan, the CEO of the Washington Post.

Hatice Cengiz said the past year was "the worst of her life" after losing "[her] fiancé but also [her] best friend". "I stand in front of you broken, but proud," she added.

RSF action near Paris

For its part, the NGO Reporters Without Borders on Tuesday organized an action in front of the Saudi consulate in France to demand full information about the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi and the cessation of abuses against the press and journalists in the country. kingdom, found AFP.

Twenty RSF activists piled dismembered plastic mannequins, wearing armbands and press bibs, in front of the consulate's door, located in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris.

A way to recall the particularly barbaric circumstances in which the journalist was killed and then dismembered, said Christophe Deloire, secretary general of RSF.

With AFP