Saudis told to reveal journo’s grave
600,000 in march for second vote on Brexit
HUNDREDS of thousands of demonstrators march on Parliament demanding another referendum on quitting the EU.
Families, MPS and celebs including Eddie Izzard joined yesterday’s People’s Vote rally, the biggest Brexit protest so far.
TV cook Delia Smith wore a top poking fun at her “Let’s be having you” rant to SAUDI Arabia last night faced demands to reveal the whereabouts of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s remains after they finally admitted he was killed.
Human rights campaigners made the call after Saudi officials claimed Mr Khashoggi, 59, died in a fist fight inside their consulate in the Turkish capital Istanbul.
The claim was a dramatic change from the Saudi government’s previous denials.
Samah Hadid, of Amnesty International, football fans. London Mayor Sadiq Khan told crowds: “We’ve heard some complain a public vote would be undemocratic and unpatriotic. But the opposite is true.” Placards demanded “Stop Tory Brexit” and mocked Theresa May and cronies as clowns in charge of leaving the EU in five months. Supporters said the march, from Park Lane, Central London, attracted 600,000 with 150 coaches bringing some from as far as Orkney. called on the United Nations to set up an independent probe. She said: “Saudi Arabian authorities claimed that he left the consulate, but Turkish authorities reported that he was assassinated inside.
“Without an independent investigation, we may never get the full truth.”
Turkish officials say the journalist, who wrote critical pieces about Saudi’s rulers for America’s Washington Post, was murdered and his body dismembered by a hit squad. Police have been searching a forest near the Saudi consulate for his remains. Yesterday Saudi officials said 18 men had been arrested over a “cover-up”.
They said two senior officials – close confidantes of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman – had been sacked after Mr Khashoggi’s body was disposed of by a “local collaborator”.
Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday faced calls to end Saudi arms deals after reports that four of the alleged hit squad joined Saudi rulers on an official visit to Britain earlier this year.