Son killed in 2018, the Saudi journalist Jamal Kalkaji Salah said on Friday that the family forgives the killers of his father. “We, the children of the deceased righteous death of Jamal Kalkaji, we declare that we forgive the one who killed our father,” wrote Salah on Twitter.
He noted that this decision is declared in one of the last nights of the Holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, and accompanied by the entry corresponding verse from the Koran, which speaks of forgiveness, RIA Novosti reported.
Jamal Kalkaji was a columnist for The Washington Post and was known for critical articles on the authorities in Saudi Arabia. He lost the second of October 2018 during a visit to the Consulate of his country in Istanbul. Riyadh denied his disappearance, but after some time, Saudi authorities were forced to admit that the journalist was killed in a quarrel with consular officers. The international community strongly condemned the crime, calling on Riyadh to conduct a transparent investigation.
In December last year in Saudi Arabia, the court sentenced to death five accused in the murder of Kalkaji. Three involved got 24 years of imprisonment. Only in this high-profile case were 11 people. The Prosecutor’s office of the Kingdom stressed that all who were found guilty, appeared in court.
