<p>The UN human rights office said on Wednesday it confirmed the accuracy of remarks by independent UN expert Agnes Callamard in <em>The Guardian </em>alleging a senior Saudi official had made a threat against her.</p>.<p><em>The Guardian </em>newspaper reported on Tuesday that a Saudi official threatened Callamard, UN expert on summary killings, would be "taken care of" if she was not reined in following her investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.</p>.<p>"We confirm that the details in the <em>Guardian </em>story about the threat aimed at Agnes Callamard are accurate," UN human rights spokesman Rupert Colville said in an email reply to Reuters regarding the January 2020 meeting in Geneva.</p>
<p>The UN human rights office said on Wednesday it confirmed the accuracy of remarks by independent UN expert Agnes Callamard in <em>The Guardian </em>alleging a senior Saudi official had made a threat against her.</p>.<p><em>The Guardian </em>newspaper reported on Tuesday that a Saudi official threatened Callamard, UN expert on summary killings, would be "taken care of" if she was not reined in following her investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.</p>.<p>"We confirm that the details in the <em>Guardian </em>story about the threat aimed at Agnes Callamard are accurate," UN human rights spokesman Rupert Colville said in an email reply to Reuters regarding the January 2020 meeting in Geneva.</p>