FILE – Palestinian journalists are seen during a protest march heading toward a United Nations office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Nov. 7, 2023.
The Guardian: Israel added to list of ‘worst jailers of journalists’ for first time
Israel is in sixth place after the Committee to Protect Journalists recorded 19 Palestinian journalists in its jails
Israel has joined a notorious band of authoritarian states with a history of imprisoning journalists by detaining Palestinian reporters without trial since the beginning of the latest war in Gaza.
A report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released on Thursday said that for the first time Israel figures in its list of “worst jailers of journalists”, putting it on a par with Iran.
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Update #1: Israel Ranks Among World’s Worst Jailers of Journalists, Report Finds (VOA)
Update #2: Israeli arrests of Palestinian journalists soared in 2023: CPJ (Al Jazeera)
WNU Editor: Israel is not what I call in good company …. Israel Jailed Record High Number of Journalists in 2023, Tying With Iran: Report (The Messenger). And it gets worse …. Israel’s War on Journalists: More Reporters Killed in Gaza in 3 Months Than Any Country Over Entire Year (Democracy Now!).