SAUDI EMBASSY STREET IN WASHINGTON TO BE NAMED ‘JAMAL KHASHOGGI WAY’

Fri 10 December 2021:

Khashoggi, a vocal critic of the Saudi monarchy, was murdered and dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, 2018.

The Washington City Council approved renaming a street in front of the Saudi Arabian embassy “Jamal Khashoggi Way” in commemoration of the Saudi journalist who was killed by government operatives.

On Tuesday, the council decided unanimously to name the 700-foot (213-meter) length of New Hampshire Avenue between the embassy and the Watergate complex after Jamal Khashoggi, a dissident writer who was working for The Washington Post at the time of his assassination in Turkey.

“Through his journalism, Jamal Khashoggi was a fierce advocate for democracy, human rights, and the rule of law,” said a council report on the bill.

“By designating the street fronting the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia after Jamal Khashoggi, the District is creating a memorial in his honor that cannot be covered up or repressed,” it said.

The bill from the council is expected to be signed by Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser and not meet objection in the U.S. Congress, which reviews all legislation from the U.S. capital city government.

Khashoggi, a vocal critic of the Saudi monarchy, was murdered and dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, 2018, after traveling there from the United States to file paperwork to marry his Turkish fiancee.

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