CPJ denounces Israel’s killing of 2 more Gaza journalists in return to war
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Monday’s killing in Gaza of Palestinian reporters Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansour by the Israel Defense Forces and calls for an independent international investigation into whether they were deliberately targeted.
On March 24, deadly Israeli strikes hit the car of Qatari-based Al Jazeera Mubasher’s Shabat near northern Gaza’s Beit Lahia, and the home in southern Gaza’s Khan Yunis of Mansour, who worked for the pro-Islamic Jihad, Beirut-based Palestine Today TV.
“CPJ is appalled that we are once again seeing Palestinians weeping over the bodies of dead journalists in Gaza,” said CPJ’s Program Director Carlos Martinez de la Serna in New York. “This nightmare in Gaza has to end. The international community must act fast to ensure that journalists are kept safe and hold Israel to account for the deaths of Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansour, whose killings may have been targeted.”
On March 18, Israel resumed airstrikes, ending the January 19 Gaza ceasefire.
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CPJ, others urge Congress to support public broadcasting
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) sent Congress a letter urging bipartisan support for media freedom and public broadcasting ahead of the subcommittee’s March 26 hearing titled “Anti-American Airwaves: Holding the Heads of NPR and PBS Accountable.”
The press freedom advocates urged the subcommittee to recognize the critical role of a free press and cautioned against rhetoric that encourages hostility toward journalists.
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