RIYADH: The eldest son of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Salah, and his circle of relatives have left the Gulf kingdom for Washington after the government lifted a commute ban, Human Rights Watch mentioned on Thursday.
Salah Khashoggi's departure got here after he was once photographed on Tuesday with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman all over a condolence seek advice from, staring coldly because the pair shook arms.
"Salah and his family are on a plane to (Washington) DC," Sarah Leah Whitson, the rights watchdog's executive director for the Middle East and North Africa, informed AFP, citing a circle of relatives buddy.
Saudi Arabia's pro-government Okaz newspaper mentioned Salah -- a twin US-Saudi citizen -- departed the kingdom on Wednesday, without offering any main points.
Saudi officials did not respond to requests for remark, however Whitson mentioned that they had been it sounds as if allowed to go away after a commute ban on Salah was once lifted.
Salah will join his other siblings who're based in the US, pals of the circle of relatives informed AFP.
"Jamal's family needs a place to be together where they feel safe to mourn their beloved one," mentioned Randa Slim, director of conflict resolution on the Washington-based Middle East Institute, who knew the slain journalist individually.
"It is tragic that it took his death to get the Saudi authorities to grant them the freedom to travel," Slim informed AFP.
An respectable in Washington mentioned US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had "raised the safety and security of the Khashoggi family members with the Saudi leadership", however declined to speak about the specifics of Salah's commute.
Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor, was once killed on October 2 after a seek advice from to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to acquire forms ahead of marrying his Turkish fiancee.
After first insisting Khashoggi left the consulate unhurt, Saudi authorities mentioned he was once killed in an issue that degenerated into a brawl.
Riyadh finally accepted on Thursday what Turkey had mentioned just about from the start -- that he was once killed in a premeditated hit.
Saudi King Salman and Prince Mohammed met Salah and Khashoggi's brother Sahel on the royal palace in Riyadh on Tuesday.
The photo of the handshake with Prince Mohammed, who has confronted a torrent of worldwide criticism over the killing, went viral on social media, the place rights activists demanded the immediate lifting of the commute ban.
Whitson mentioned the top of commute restrictions on Salah had come as an enormous reduction.
But she added: "We should keep in mind there are hundreds, if not thousands, of people in Saudi Arabia who face travel bans and are held in detention without any justice."
Saudi Arabia has sought to attract a line under the crisis over Khashoggi's homicide, however has come under mounting force from sceptical global powers difficult answers and the whereabouts of his body.
US President Donald Trump has derided the killing as "one of the worst cover-ups" in historical past.
Salah Khashoggi's departure got here after he was once photographed on Tuesday with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman all over a condolence seek advice from, staring coldly because the pair shook arms.
"Salah and his family are on a plane to (Washington) DC," Sarah Leah Whitson, the rights watchdog's executive director for the Middle East and North Africa, informed AFP, citing a circle of relatives buddy.
Saudi Arabia's pro-government Okaz newspaper mentioned Salah -- a twin US-Saudi citizen -- departed the kingdom on Wednesday, without offering any main points.
Saudi officials did not respond to requests for remark, however Whitson mentioned that they had been it sounds as if allowed to go away after a commute ban on Salah was once lifted.
Salah will join his other siblings who're based in the US, pals of the circle of relatives informed AFP.
"Jamal's family needs a place to be together where they feel safe to mourn their beloved one," mentioned Randa Slim, director of conflict resolution on the Washington-based Middle East Institute, who knew the slain journalist individually.
"It is tragic that it took his death to get the Saudi authorities to grant them the freedom to travel," Slim informed AFP.
An respectable in Washington mentioned US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had "raised the safety and security of the Khashoggi family members with the Saudi leadership", however declined to speak about the specifics of Salah's commute.
Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor, was once killed on October 2 after a seek advice from to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to acquire forms ahead of marrying his Turkish fiancee.
After first insisting Khashoggi left the consulate unhurt, Saudi authorities mentioned he was once killed in an issue that degenerated into a brawl.
Riyadh finally accepted on Thursday what Turkey had mentioned just about from the start -- that he was once killed in a premeditated hit.
Saudi King Salman and Prince Mohammed met Salah and Khashoggi's brother Sahel on the royal palace in Riyadh on Tuesday.
The photo of the handshake with Prince Mohammed, who has confronted a torrent of worldwide criticism over the killing, went viral on social media, the place rights activists demanded the immediate lifting of the commute ban.
Whitson mentioned the top of commute restrictions on Salah had come as an enormous reduction.
But she added: "We should keep in mind there are hundreds, if not thousands, of people in Saudi Arabia who face travel bans and are held in detention without any justice."
Saudi Arabia has sought to attract a line under the crisis over Khashoggi's homicide, however has come under mounting force from sceptical global powers difficult answers and the whereabouts of his body.
US President Donald Trump has derided the killing as "one of the worst cover-ups" in historical past.
Son of murdered journalist Khashoggi leaves Saudi Arabia for US
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