The death of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi It was a premeditated murder that also had the approval of the Saudi prince, Mohammed Bin Salman. A case for which five years later there has still been no justice or culprits.

Everything happened when Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018. A visit with a purpose: to obtain the necessary documentation to marry his fiancée, who was left outside waiting for him. But Khashoggi never left there.

He ‘death squad’, who flew expressly that day from Saudi Arabia, was waiting for him at the diplomatic headquarters. Inside They tortured him and dismembered him.

The Saudi prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, dedicated himself to condemning what happened in public and assured that “It was a heinous crime.“, but this crime had his approval.

He journalist member of the ‘Washington Post’, critical of the regime, criticized the Saudi government just three days before he was killed, assuring that “it has total control, with imprisoned people and silencing dissident voices.

International political leaders condemned his murder and verbally blamed Saudi Arabia. “He (the Saudi crown prince) is responsible for this,” declared the president of Turkey on December 14, 2018.

Also in images, Bin Salman could be seen in the family photo from the G20 summit held in Buenos Aires on November 30, 2018. relegated to a corner. An international isolation that Joe Biden, among others, promised, who suspended arms sales to Riyadhalthough only for two years.

However, all this was only temporary. Carlos de las Heras, spokesperson for ‘Amnesty International’, explains to laSexta that in addition “he has more and more presence in the international community and there is more and more red carpet reception offered to Bin Salman.”

Their influence is so noticeable that the penalty they promised the Saudi regime has been forgotten. Although not for his partner, Hatice Cengiz, who in the fifth anniversary of his death has demanded justice on his social network with this message: “Although the whole world knew this truth, it still justice was not done“.

De las Heras points out that “about a year and a half ago, Bin Salman I affirm that he felt responsible for what happened because he is basically in charge of what has to do with the security forces of Saudi Arabia. However, he has not been neither tried nor prosecuted or charged with any of the issues related to Khashoggi’s murder.” Five years later, his brutal murder remains unpunished.