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Israeli violations of press freedom
The Committee to Protect Journalists deplores the continuing harassment of journalists by Israel Defense Forces (IDF ) troops deployed in the West Bank. Read more about Israeli troops continue to harass journalists in West Bank
On 25 April 2002, RSF called on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to release three Palestinian journalists, one of whom is ill. Read more about RSF calls for release of three Palestinian journalists
Since the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Intifada on 28 September 2000, journalists have featured heavily among the victims. According to IPI ’s research, six journalists have been killed and there have been another 59 incidents in which journalists were injured by gunfire or shelling. Read more about IPI releases updated report on press freedom violations in Israeli/Palestinian conflict
On 3 May 2002, RSF called on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to free seven Palestinian journalists and to stop attacking press freedom. Read more about RSF demands release of seven Palestinian journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ ) strongly protests the Israeli government’s continued detention of several journalists in the West Bank. Read more about CPJ protests detention of journalists
The International Press Institute (IPI ), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the detention without charges of Reuters photographer, Suhaib Jadallah Salem, on 22 May 2002, and five other journalists who are being held by Israeli authorities and denied basic civil and human rights. Read more about Reuters photographer detained by Israeli authorities without charges
The IFJ today called on the Israeli authorities to hand over film tapes of the siege of the Church of the Nativity taken from inside the Church by a British journalist who was deported after the siege ended. Read more about IFJ demands Israeli army return film footage of Bethlehem siege
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ ) is deeply concerned about an incident yesterday in which a Reuters television cameraman came under gunfire in the West Bank town of Hebron. Read more about Reuters cameraman comes under gunfire
Following the latest Palestinian suicide bombings in Israel, journalists have been banned from six autonomous Palestinian towns in the West Bank. Read more about Six Palestinian towns declared "closed military zones", six Palestinian journalists still in prison
The International Press Institute (IPI ), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the killing of the freelance photographer and journalist, Imad Abu Zahra, and the wounding of the official Palestinian Wafa news agency photographer Said Dahla on 11 July 2002. Read more about IPI condemns killing of freelance photographer and journalist, wounding of news agency photographer
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