Saudi HRCC: We Have No Secret Detention Centers
The head of the Saudi Human Rights Commission,
Bandar Al-Aiban, stressed Thursday that there were no secret detention centers
in Saudi Arabia, saying they violated laws.
Al-Aiban told the United Nations Human Rights
Council in Geneva that the Kingdom has taken all necessary measures in the case
of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Riyadh “categorically rejects any talk about the
internationalization of the Khashoggi case," he said.
Any such attempt would undermine Saudi sovereignty
and would be considered as interference in its internal affairs, he added.
The accused in the “unfortunate” killing of
Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October last year have so far
attended three court hearings along with their lawyers, Al-Aiban told the
Council.
On the UN recommendations on human rights, Al-Aiban
said Riyadh was in the process of studying them but that some of them
contradicted Saudi regulations.
On the Yemeni crisis, he said the Arab Coalition is
committed to international human rights law.
