(WASHINGTON, D. C., 6/14/22) – On Wednesday, June 15, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will join Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), the organization founded by the late Jamal Khashoggi, at the unveiling of a new street sign for “Jamal Khashoggi Way” outside of the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington, D.C.
WHAT: Unveiling of ‘Jamal Khashoggi Way’ Outside Saudi Embassy in DC
WHEN: Wednesday, June 15, 1:14 p.m. ET (The ceremony is being held at exactly 1:14 p.m. because Jamal Khashoggi entered Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey at that exact time on October 2, 2018.)
WHERE: Outside the Embassy of Saudi Arabia, 601 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20037
MEDIA NOTE: Members of the media are invited to attend the ceremony. Please arrive at the site at 601 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20037 no later than 12:45 p.m. ET to check-in.
CONTACT: Sophie Holin, sholin@dawnmena.org; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-999-8292, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com
Invited and confirmed speakers include: Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton, Congresswoman Betty McCollum, Congressman Gerry Connolly, Congressman Adam Schiff, Councilwoman Brooke Pinto, Nobel Prize Winner Ms. Tawakkol Karman, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad, Hatice Cengiz (the fiancée of the late Jamal Khashoggi), and speakers from DAWN.
Cosponsors of the event include: Amnesty International, Article 19, Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, CAIR, CODEPINK, Committee to Protect Journalists, Democracy for the Arab World Now, Freedom House, Freedom Initiative, Human Rights Watch, PEN America, Reporters Without Borders.
BACKGROUNDER:
The impetus for this street renaming comes directly from the Investigation of the Unlawful Killing of Jamal Khashoggi by then UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial summary, or arbitrary killings, Agnes Callamard, to rename the streets of Saudi Arabia’s embassies after Jamal Khashoggi as an effort to establish truth and accountability for his heinous murder by the Saudi State with the involvement of high-level officials.
DAWN urged members of the DC Council to introduce legislation to rename the street in 2021, which passed unanimously after its introduction on December 7, 2021. The bill was signed into law by Mayor Muriel Bowser on January 5, 2022. We hope that this sign will provide a permanent remembrance to all who pass by the embassy that this crime will not be forgotten and that Khashoggi’s legacy will live on.
Last year, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad provided spoken and written testimony in support of the “Jamal Khashoggi Way Designation Act of 2021” before a District of Columbia City Council public hearing for the bill and other measures.
SEE: CAIR National Executive Director Testifies Before D.C. City Council in Support of Jamal Khashoggi Way Designation Act
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Coordinator Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com