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A DC neighborhood group just voted to rename the street in front of the Saudi
embassy for Jamal Khashoggi
(CNN)An effort underway in Washington, D.C., would create an in-your-face way
to remind Saudi Arabia of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi: Rename the street
in front of the Saudi embassy in honor of the slain journalist.
華盛頓特區正暗中進行改名沙國大使館前路段名稱為Jamal Khashoggi(遇害記者)運動。
The first hurdle for this proposed honor was cleared Wednesday when a
neighborhood group approved a resolution that would symbolically designate
part of the street that runs in front of the Embassy of The Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia as "Jamal Khashoggi Way." The embassy's address is 601 New Hampshire
Avenue NW.
The resolution from the seven-member Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2A
passed unanimously, commissioner James Harnett told CNN. The commission,
which is part of the government in the District of Columbia, normally handles
local issues like zoning, parking and trash collection in the West End and
Foggy Bottom neighborhoods. But Harnett said commissioners were outraged by
Khashoggi's killing, as well as President Trump's reaction to it, and felt
the need to take action on an international issue.
由Advisory Neighborhood Commission發起，成員James Harnett同時將沙國暴政
連結美國總統Trump，並表達不滿。
"I think our concern ... and the need to say we want to weigh in on this
issue, which has international implications, is that we are extremely
disappointed over the lack of concern" in the White House's response to the
incident, Harnett said. "It's our belief ... that when there's a vacuum of
leadership that someone steps up and makes sure that the community knows that
this is something that we take seriously."
The resolution requests that the east side of New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.