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The Guardian - UK
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‘Seriously misguided’: Amnesty angry at Greg Norman’s comments on Khashoggi

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Greg Norman, the chief executive of LIV Golf Investments, speaks during a press conference in St Albans ahead of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational.
Greg Norman is the chief executive of Saudi-backed LIV Golf Investments. Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images/Reuters

Amnesty International has criticised Greg Norman for “wrong and seriously misguided” comments about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi Arabian consulate in 2018 and the high number of executions carried out this year by the kingdom.

Norman, the chief executive of Saudi-backed LIV Golf Investments, was asked about Khashoggi’s death during promotional work in the UK for an upcoming tournament. Last year US intelligence agencies concluded that the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, had approved Khashoggi’s murder. The LIV Golf Series gets underway in Hertfordshire in June.

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