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Al Jazeera ban represents dangerous precedent, risks contributing to impunity for human rights violations: Experts

Jan 13, 2025 | News, Statements, Top-line

13 January 2025, GENEVA – Independent human rights experts* today urged the Palestinian Authority to immediately end its ban on Al Jazeera and ensure that all journalists, local or international, can work freely and safely in the occupied Palestinian Territory. “We...

UN experts call for urgent medical evacuation of critically injured journalist from Gaza

Nov 25, 2024 | News, Statements, Top-line

25 November 2024, GENEVA – UN experts* today called on the Israeli authorities to facilitate without further delay the medical evacuation of Al Jazeera journalist Fadi Al-Wahidi, who was critically injured while covering the conflict in Gaza. “Al-Wahidi has the right...

REPORT: Global threats to freedom of expression arising from the conflict in Gaza

Oct 15, 2024 | Reports, Top-line

In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression examines the impact of the conflict in Gaza on freedom of expression globally. She highlights attacks on journalists and media restrictions,...

Expert denounces killing of two more journalists in Gaza and demands full accountability

Aug 6, 2024 | News, Top-line

6 August 2024 – GENEVA – An independent human rights expert today condemned the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Ismail Al-Ghoul and cameraman Rami Al-Rifi in Gaza on 1 August 2024. “I strongly denounce the deliberate targeting by Israel of two journalists in Gaza,...

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