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'Jamal Khashoggi Way' sign unveiled in front of Saudi embassy in Washington, DC
CNNA portion of a Washington, DC, street will memorialize murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, with a sign in his honor unveiled Wednesday in front of the Saudi embassy in the city.
The unveiling of “Jamal Khashoggi Way,” a stretch of New Hampshire Avenue between Virginia Avenue NW and F Street NW, comes a month before President Joe Biden is set to visit Saudi Arabia – a trip that has already drawn criticism from members of his party and human rights advocates over the country’s human rights violations and the journalist’s murder. CNN previously reported that Biden, who pledged to make the kingdom a “pariah” after Khashoggi’s killing, is also expected to engage with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman while visiting Saudi Arabia.
A ceremony unveiling “Jamal Khashoggi Way” was held Wednesday at 1:14 p.m. ET, symbolizing the time the journalist was last seen before his death on October 2, 2018. Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), an organization founded by Khashoggi, and other human rights groups, pulled a cover from the sign, unveiling it to a gathered crowd. The DC Council had voted to rename the street in December 2021.
Abdullah Alaoudh, Gulf Director at DAWN, told the crowd that the location of the street sign is to serve as a reminder to “passerbys, to Saudi royals, to Americans, to all humans of conscience that Jamal’s legacy will live on.”
The unveiling of “Jamal Khashoggi Way,” a stretch of New Hampshire Avenue between Virginia Avenue NW and F Street NW, comes a month before President Joe Biden is set to visit Saudi Arabia – a trip that has already drawn criticism from members of his party and human rights advocates over the country’s human rights violations and the journalist’s murder. CNN previously reported that Biden, who pledged to make the kingdom a “pariah” after Khashoggi’s killing, is also expected to engage with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman while visiting Saudi Arabia.
A ceremony unveiling “Jamal Khashoggi Way” was held Wednesday at 1:14 p.m. ET, symbolizing the time the journalist was last seen before his death on October 2, 2018. Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), an organization founded by Khashoggi, and other human rights groups, pulled a cover from the sign, unveiling it to a gathered crowd. The DC Council had voted to rename the street in December 2021.
Abdullah Alaoudh, Gulf Director at DAWN, told the crowd that the location of the street sign is to serve as a reminder to “passerbys, to Saudi royals, to Americans, to all humans of conscience that Jamal’s legacy will live on.”
My wife's DC apartment has a direct view of Watergate, the Kennedy Center...and the Saidi Embassy. Fairly sure I know where this is.