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The author of a United Nations report that concluded the state of Saudi Arabia was responsible for murdering Jamal Khashoggi on Tuesday slammed Joe Biden for allowing Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to escape justice.
Agnes Callamand, who was U.N. special rapporteur for extrajudicial killings, added her voice to a chorus of outrage after a judge in Washington dismissed a case against MBS, as he is known.
Khashoggi's fiancee said she was 'heartbroken' by the decision, which was aided by the 'Biden administration's shameless decision' to give MBS a 'free pass'
It came after the State Department ruled that the crown prince was entitled to 'sovereign immunity.
'One more betrayal from those in power,' said Callamand, who now heads Amnesty International, in a Twitter thread.
'So many contributed to the impunity, from Saudi Arabia itself, to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey, to Joe Biden.
Agnes Callamard was the U.N.'s special rapporteur for extrajudicial killings who authored a report demanding action against Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman for his role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
She blasted Joe Biden on Tuesday for his role in allowing MBS (seen here greeting the U.S. president in Jeddah in July) off the hook. 'One more betrayal from those in power,' she said
'I am not mentioning all the governments, and the heads of businesses, sporting and cultural events who courted, sold and bought from Saudi Arabia.
'This is the reality of our world. Press freedom and human rights betrayed. Repeatedly.
'But still we stand. And still we fight. And we are not defeated. We know the truth.
'One episode in our struggle for justice for Jamal may have concluded but the battle is not over.'
Khashoggi, a US resident, was never seen again after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018.
Saudi officials are believed to have killed him and dismembered his body, before removing his remains in trash bags.
US intelligence agencies concluded that MBS himself approved the operation.
Khashoggi's fiancée Hatice Cengiz railed against the decision to throw out the case.
'I'm completely heartbroken by the court's decision,' she said a day later.
'And as I've repeatedly stated before, I'm extremely disappointed by the hypocrisy of some politicians, who say one thing and do the opposite.
'Needless to say, I'm very disappointed by the judge's dismissal order, aided by the Biden administration's shameless decision to give a brual murderer a
