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Palestinian journalist Yasser Mortaja was killed by Israeli troops in Gaza while working in April 2018
PALESTINIAN journalists have warned that their rights are being abused to stop them speaking out against the Israeli occupation, with the latest figures revealing hundreds of violations, including two shot dead in the occupied territories last year.
A report from the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) said Israeli forces had committed 760 violations and crimes against Palestinian journalists in 2019.
This included 12 journalists suffering critical injuries after being fired on with live ammunition, 62 injuries with rubber-coated steel bullets, 58 injuries in which tear-gas canisters and stun grenades were directly fired towards journalists, and 78 cases of tear gas suffocation.
On International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, HUGH LANNING warns that the US-led “Comprehensive Plan” entrenches decades of Western complicity in Israel’s domination and denial of Palestinian land and rights
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Speaking to the Morning Star’s Ceren Sagir, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists LAURA DAVISON outlines the threats to journalism from Palestine to Britain, and the unique challenges confronting the industry through the rise of AI
