Rep. Smith Issues Statement on Death of Saudi Journalist
October 23, 2018
October 23, 2018
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Global Human Rights, issued the following statement on the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi:
"The extrajudicial killing of Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi government officials while on the grounds of the Saudi embassy in Istanbul, where he went to obtain a marriage license, shocks the conscience. It is for cases such as this that Congress passed the Global Magnitsky Ac . . .
"The extrajudicial killing of Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi government officials while on the grounds of the Saudi embassy in Istanbul, where he went to obtain a marriage license, shocks the conscience. It is for cases such as this that Congress passed the Global Magnitsky Ac . . .