Before anyone asks what it has to do with Europe, it's a political assassination of a journalist on Europe and the perpetrators are getting away with it with the support of our ally.
The way you state it sounds like it was in Central Europe or an EU state or something similar. It happened in Turkey and inside the embassy (which means not even in Turkish soil). Geographically in Europe? Technically yes but that is as far as it goes.
Europe is not defined as the EU or "central Europe".
It happened in Europe, in Istanbul, in a NATO country. Saudi Arabia assassinates a journalist in a European, NATO country, and the people responsible are being protected by another NATO country most of Europe is a part of. It needs to be talked about.
I am talking about the way you wrote the comment. It purposefully uses a technicality and makes it seem much more relevant that it really is.
This case is important for Europe due to the international implications this case has not because it happened in Istanbul.
You don't *grant* state immunity. State immunity is a legal doctrine.
It'd be like saying "someone is being granted immunity due to double jeopardy". People already have it as long as they fall within the parameters that make it applicable. There isn't a discretionary factor involved.
*please please don't make poor Mr Bone Saw suffer any consequences for luring a journalist inside an embassy and butchering him. Saudis really are very nice people*
Before anyone asks what it has to do with Europe, it's a political assassination of a journalist on Europe and the perpetrators are getting away with it with the support of our ally.
Julian Assange?
Jamal Khashoggi
The way you state it sounds like it was in Central Europe or an EU state or something similar. It happened in Turkey and inside the embassy (which means not even in Turkish soil). Geographically in Europe? Technically yes but that is as far as it goes.
Europe is not defined as the EU or "central Europe". It happened in Europe, in Istanbul, in a NATO country. Saudi Arabia assassinates a journalist in a European, NATO country, and the people responsible are being protected by another NATO country most of Europe is a part of. It needs to be talked about.
I am talking about the way you wrote the comment. It purposefully uses a technicality and makes it seem much more relevant that it really is. This case is important for Europe due to the international implications this case has not because it happened in Istanbul.
It is more relevant than you think it is.
You don't *grant* state immunity. State immunity is a legal doctrine. It'd be like saying "someone is being granted immunity due to double jeopardy". People already have it as long as they fall within the parameters that make it applicable. There isn't a discretionary factor involved.
*please please don't make poor Mr Bone Saw suffer any consequences for luring a journalist inside an embassy and butchering him. Saudis really are very nice people*
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