UN confirms report on Saudi threat against Khashoggi investigator

Saudi official reportedly made the threat against Agnes Callamard during a meeting with UN officials in Geneva.

The UN human rights office confirmed on Wednesday the accuracy of published remarks by the independent expert who led an investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi alleging that a senior Saudi official had made a threat against her. The Guardian newspaper on Tuesday quoted Agnes Callamard, the UN expert on summary killings, as saying a Saudi official had threatened she would be “taken care of” if she was not reined in following her investigation into the journalist’s murder. Saudi officials did not respond to a request for comment. Callamard did not respond when contacted by the Reuters news agency.