EU Parliament urges Saudi Arabia arms embargo in wake of Khashoggi killing News
EU Parliament urges Saudi Arabia arms embargo in wake of Khashoggi killing

In response to last week’s revelations about journalist Jamal Kashoggi’s death in Istanbul, the European Parliament on Thursday passed a resolution urging all European nations to partake in an arms embargo against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia until there can be an “International impartial investigation into the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.”

Saudi Arabia initially denied involvement in Kashoggi’s disappearance but admitted to his death late last week.

Earlier this month, just after Khashoggi’s disappearance, the EU Parliament passed a similar resolution, declaring that it would stop arms sales to all parties involved in the ongoing Yemeni Civil War. The resolution urges all nations to stop arms deals to Saudi Arabia, although the US continues selling weapons to the Kingdom in a move the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights condemns.

The UN Human Rights Council will meet in Geneva on 5 November to discuss Saudi Arabia’s ongoing membership given their “deeply questionable human rights record.”