Abdullah Alaoudh, Director of the Gulf at DAWN, told the crowd that the plaque would serve as a reminder to passers-by, to the kings of Saudi Arabia, to the Americans, to all people of conscience that Jamal’s legacy will live on. “Our message today is that we will not move forward,” Alaoudh said. “Jamal’s legacy will continue, regardless of normalization efforts.” The Biden government published an intelligence report in 2021 directly accusing the successor of approving the operation to arrest or kill a Saudi journalist. CNN reported last week that senior U.S. officials had told Saudi Arabia that the United States was ready to “reset” the relationship and essentially go ahead with Kasoggi’s assassination to repair ties, according to senior U.S. officials. Officials say Biden, who is facing pressure to crack down on Russia and cut gas prices amid rising inflation, has given up his moral rage to seek a warmer relationship with Britain. Biden also said he intended to address Kasogi’s assassination directly to the Crown Prince when they meet next month. Hatice Cengiz, Kasogi’s fiancée, had previously accused the president of losing his moral compass in a statement to CNN. She was not present at Wednesday’s ceremony, but reiterated her criticism of Biden in a statement read out by her. Saying that the President would “dishonor” himself and Kasogi by meeting with the Crown Prince, he called on Biden “to keep his oath to bring all the perpetrators of this heinous crime to justice.” But as frustrating as that is, if you have to put oil above principles and expediency above values, you can at least ask, “Where is Jamal’s body?” Does not he deserve a proper burial? “And what happened to his killers?” said in the statement. DAWN executive director Sarah Leah Whitson criticized the Biden government for “shameless capitulation, for its cowardly concessions.” “We will hold the Biden administration accountable for its treacherous betrayal of the promises it made to the American people, the promises the American people wanted to hear, which is to end support for the brutal dictatorship of Saudi Arabia,” he said. Whitson. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat and non-voting member of the District of Columbia, welcomed the DC Council decision Wednesday to rename the street. He did not mention Biden’s expected journey, but praised Kasogi’s “brave and pioneering” work. National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby told CNN’s Caitlin Collins on Wednesday after revealing that Biden’s trip to the Middle East in July was on a “big agenda” and defended the president when he saw the president. . “It’s counter-terrorism, it’s climate change, it’s definitely oil production, obviously, it’s going to be on the agenda. And, a big issue on the agenda is the war in Yemen,” Kirby told a White House news conference. . Pressed by Collins about why the President would meet the Crown Prince when he did not even speak to him on the phone about his role in approving Kasogi’s assassination, Kirby noted that as Saudi Arabia’s defense minister, the prince is part of the larger king. leading team. “Therefore, in addition to the GCC meeting, there will be a series of bilateral discussions, as they take place on the sidelines of all co-operation councils and summits. It will have a bilateral meeting with King Salman and King Salman’s leadership team and the Crown. “Prince is in this leadership team. So you can expect to see the successor while he is there,” said Kirby. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Kevin Liptak, Natasha Bertrand and Alex Marquardt contributed to this report.
