Club to mark anniversary of Khashoggi murder with moment of silence Friday at 3 p.m.

The National Press Club will mark the third anniversary of the murder of Washington Post Opinion Contributor Jamal Khashoggi with a moment of silence Friday, Oct. 1, at 3 p.m., followed by brief remarks from Club President Lisa Nicole Matthews. (Note: the actual anniversary of Mr. Khashoggi’s murder is Saturday, Oct. 2).

Club members will gather in the 13th floor lobby by the staircase for a brief moment of silence to mark the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul while he was visiting the embassy of Saudi Arabia there on official business.

At the time Khashoggi was living in Virginia and working as a contributor to Washington Post Opinions. In November 2018, the Club honored him with the John Aubuchon Award for Press Freedom which was accepted by Washington Post Publisher Fred Ryan on behalf of the Khashoggi family.