A ranar Talata ne wani alkalin Amurka ya yi watsi da karar da yarima mai jiran gado na Saudiyya Mohammed bin Salman ke yi kan zarginsa da hannu a kisan dan jarida Jamal Khashoggi a shekarar 2018.
Alkalin kotun birnin Washington, John Bates, ya amince da matakin gwamnatin Amurka na cewa Yarima Mohammed, wanda aka nada a matsayin firaminista a Saudiyya a watan Satumba, ya na da kariya a kotunan Amurka a matsayin shugaban kasar waje.
Bates ya ce karar farar hular da matar Khashoggi Hatice Cengiz ta yi tare da kungiyarsa ta DAWN sun yi wata hujja mai karfi da “mafi kyau” cewa Yarima Mohammed ne ya aikata kisan.
Sai dai ya yanke hukuncin cewa ba shi da hurumin yin watsi da matakin gwamnatin Amurka, wanda ya mika a wata sanarwa a hukumance ga kotun a ranar 17 ga watan Nuwamba, cewa yariman na da kariya a matsayinsa na shugaban kasar waje.
Ko da an nada yariman a matsayin firaminista makonni kadan da suka gabata, bangaren zartarwa na gwamnatin Amurka “yana ci gaba da daukar nauyin harkokin ketare, ciki har da Saudiyya, kuma hukuncin da aka saba yi kan kariyar bin Salman da wannan kotun ta yi zai yi katsalandan ga wadancan nauyin,” in ji Bates. .
Ya ce zarge-zargen “sahihancin” na kisan, da lokacin da aka nada yarima, da lokacin mika wuyan gwamnatin Amurka, sun bar shi cikin “bakwai.”
Amma Bates ya ce ba shi da wani zabi a cikin lamarin.
Jami’an leken asirin Amurka sun zargi yarima, Mohammed ya kasance mai mulkin masarautar na tsawon shekaru a karkashin mahaifinsa Sarki Salman.
Daya daga cikin masu sukar yariman, Khashoggi dan jarida ne kuma mai fafutuka da ke zaune a Amurka lokacin da ya je Turkiyya domin karbar takardun aurensu daga karamin ofishin jakadancin Saudiyya da ke Istanbul.
Bayan da ya shiga karamin ofishin jakadanci ne aka kama Khashoggi tare da kashe shi da wata tawagar jami’an gwamnatin Saudiyya suka yi, aka raba gawarsa aka jefar da shi.
Masu fafutuka da ke neman ganin yarima mai jiran gado da laifin kisan Khashoggi sun nuna rashin jin dadi.
Khalid Aljabri, wani likita mazaunin Amurka kuma dan wani tsohon jami’in leken asirin Saudiyya ya ce “Yau rana ce mai duhu ga wadanda aka zalunta ta hanyar danniya.”
Shugaban Amurka Joe Biden “ya jefa ‘yan adawa cikin hadari yayin da yake tabbatar wa masu mulkin kama karya cewa manufofinsa na kare hakkin dan adam ba komai bane illa iska mai zafi.”
Wata kotu a Saudiyya a shekarar 2020 ta daure wasu mutane 8 a gidan yari tsakanin shekaru 7 zuwa 20 sakamakon kisan.
A shekarar da ta gabata, Biden ya bayyana wani rahoton sirri da ya gano cewa Yarima Mohammed ya amince da aikin da aka yi wa Khashoggi, lamarin da hukumomin Saudiyya suka musanta.
Kisan ya dagula alaka tsakanin Washington da Riyadh.
Amma sakamakon bukatun siyasar Gabas ta Tsakiya, musamman barazanar Iran, da kuma ikon Saudiyya kan kasuwannin mai, Biden ya je kasar a watan Yuli a wani mataki da ake gani a matsayin wani bangare na kokarin mayar da batun kisan kai.
Koyaya, yayin da a can Biden ya ambaci hakan a cikin tattaunawarsa da yarima mai jiran gado, yana mai kiran kisan “abin ban tsoro.”