WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- National Press
Club President Andrea Edney issued
the following statement Friday after the Saudi government
acknowledged that Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at its consulate in
Turkey:
"Along with journalists everywhere we mourn the death of our
colleague Jamal Khashoggi.
We hope that President Donald
Trump and Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo, will respond appropriately to the lies it is now
clear they were told by Saudi leaders. We join the call for a
United Nations investigation into this atrocity.
The best memorial for a journalist is pursuit of the truth."
Founded in 1908, the National Press Club is the world's
leading professional organization for journalists. It has more than
3,100 members worldwide. The Club supports press freedom through
its nonprofit National Press Club Journalism Institute.
Contact: Kathy Kiely, Press
Freedom Fellow, National Press Club Journalism Institute:
kkiely@press.org
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