News - Middle East: The Los Angeles City Council voted to rename the street leading to the Saudi consulate “Jamal Khashoggi Road.”

The British “Middle East Eye” website stated that the Council approved the resolution which defines a part of Wilshire Street, from Centenella Street to McClellan Drive, as “Jamal Khashoggi Road.”

The road, named after Jamal Khashoggi, passes directly in front of the Saudi Consulate on Wilshire Boulevard.

Democracy Now for the Arab World said that it worked closely with representatives of the city council to secure the passage of the decision to rename the street in front of the Saudi Consulate in Los Angeles, in honor of the late founder of the organization and writer for the Washington Post newspaper.

Khashoggi, a Saudi-born journalist who resided in the United States, was brutally murdered at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 2, 2018.

US intelligence reports concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a team of 15 people to kill Khashoggi.

The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, found Saudi Arabia responsible for the murder and called on the international community to ensure accountability for the crime and commemorate Khashoggi through symbolic measures, such as holding events or awards in his honor.

Mohammed bin Salman considered in 2019 that the murder of Khashoggi took place while he was in power, which puts him in the position of those who bear responsibility, but stressed that it took place without his knowledge.