A/HRC/41/CRP.1 179. On 22 November, France also imposed sanctions, including travel bans, on eighteen Saudis. Like Germany, France has not released the names of the individuals it sanctioned. 141 180. On 29 November, Canada imposed sanctions on seventeen Saudis. The sanctions froze the individuals’ assets in Canada and rendered them inadmissible to Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.142 181. On December 21, the Turkish Authorities issued arrest warrants for Mr. Asiri and Mr. Alqahtani.143 These were followed by extradition requests on 12 March 2019. XV. Saudi Arabia Trials 182. On 3 January 2019, the Saudi Press Agency issued a statement from the Saudi Public Prosecutor advising that an initial hearing concerning the eleven indicted individuals had been held in the Criminal Court of Riyadh. In the statement, the Prosecutor noted there was a continuing investigation into the culpability of other suspects in custody and noted that the Turkish Public Prosecutor had yet to respond to their letters requesting access to evidence relevant to the killing.144 The Special Rapporteur learned from interviews that representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China and Turkey had attended the hearings. 145 This trial observation was based on an agreement of non-disclosure. 146 According to some reports, observers were summoned on short notice and barred from bringing interpreters.147 183. The Special Rapporteur was informed by various governments’ sources that the eleven individuals on trial in Saudi Arabia include the following persons, with the first five facing death penalty: (i) Fahad Shabib Albalawi (ii) Turki Muserref Alshehri (iii) Waleed Abdullah Alshehri (iv) Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb (v) Dr. Salah Mohammed Tubaigy (vi) Mansour Othman Abahussain (vii) Mohammed Saad Alzahrani (viii) Mustafa Mohammed Almadani (ix) Saif Saad Alqahtani (x) Muflih Shaya Almuslih (xi) Ahmad Mohammed Asiri 184. On 15 January 2019, Istanbul’s Chief Public Prosecutor followed-up the 16 November request for the Saudi Prosecutor to share copies of the indictments and noted that at the current stage of its investigation, “it has become necessary to request a copy of all records and documents in the case file including the statements of suspects, the statements of witnesses, the indictment, the interrogation records, the minutes of hearing and the official 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 34 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-khashoggi-france/france-imposes-sanctions-on-18-saudicitizens-over-khashoggi-killing-idUSKCN1NR1VJ https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2018/11/jamal-khashoggi-case.html. Copy of extradition requests. https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewstory.php?lang=en&newsid=1859811. https://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=24421&LangID=E. Interview. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-khashoggi/royal-adviser-fired-over-khashoggi-murderabsent-from-saudi-trial-sources-idUSKCN1R50E1.