Iran Press/ Africa: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Tunisia on Tuesday and met with Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi in Tunis, but the Prince had to leave the country as soon as possible without participating in a press conference amid on-going protests against him.
Mohammed bin Salman who is under spotlight because of his suspected role in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, was advised to avoid media exposure, Iran Press reported.
The Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited Tunisia as demonstrators gathered in the capital Tunis shouted "Go away assassin".
Tunisian demonstrators held placards with slogans such as "The people want Bin Salman to be judged", "No to the killer of Yemeni children" and "You're not welcome".
Mohammed bin Salman left Tunisia for Buenos Aires to take part in the upcoming G20 summit.
The Saudi Crown Prince is also expected to face protests and criticisms in Argentina.
Argentinian prosecutors are considering charging Mohammed bin Salman, with war crimes and torture.
The move comes after the advocacy group Human Rights Watch wrote to a federal prosecutor arguing that the Argentinian courts should invoke a universal jurisdiction statute in Argentinian law, to seek prosecution of the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for mass civilian casualties caused by the Saudi-led coalition’s campaign in Yemen, and for the torture of Saudi citizens, including the Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October.
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It is worth noting that the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has led to increased scrutiny of Saudi Arabia's role in the disastrous three-and-a-half year military aggression against Yemen.
Since March 2015, the Saudi-led coalition has carried out scores of indiscriminate and disproportionate airstrikes on civilians and civilian objects in Yemen, hitting homes, schools, hospitals, markets, and mosques,” a HRW statement said.
“Many of these attacks – if carried out with criminal intent – indicate possible war crimes. The coalition has also imposed and maintained a naval and air blockade on Yemen that has severely restricted the flow of food, fuel, and medicine to civilians. Millions of civilians face hunger and disease,” HRW noted.
A source from President of Argentina Mauricio Macri’s office on Monday declined to comment on the request for Mohammed bin Salman’s arrest.
Meanwhile, the POLITICO reported that US President Donald Trump will not formally meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at an upcoming G20 summit in Argentina.
US President Donald Trump said recently that Washington stands with Riyadh in the wake of the slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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US president acknowledged Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman "could very well" have known about Khashoggi's murder.
Jamal Khashoggi once a close aid of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and later active critic and dissident of al-Saud regime entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October, but he never came out of that building alive.
After 18 days of silence and rejecting claims that Khashoggi was killed, the Saudi government finally bowed down to international pressure on October 20th and claimed the prominent journalist was killed in a fist-fight inside Istanbul consulate. 101/201
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