On Friday 12 May at 19:30 GMT:
A year after Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, her family continues to fight for justice as Palestinian journalists regularly face threats to their safety and freedom.
So far, there is little sign of Israel’s direct responsibility for the death of Abu Akleh, a well-known Palestinian-American journalist who was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces on May 11, 2022, while on assignment in the town of Jenin. Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines found that Abu Akleh and her team came under direct Israeli military fire, but Israel has refused to open a criminal investigation into what they have called an accident.
Abu Akleh’s family, Al Jazeera and Palestinian and US legislators demand coordinated U.S. and international action to ensure accountability for her death. Palestinian journalists reporting on the impact of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem and the blockade of Gaza, meanwhile, continue to face the threat of attack and arrest by Israeli forces.
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate reported in January that there had been more than 900 crimes and human rights violations against Palestinian journalists by 2022, including the murders of Abu Akleh and Ghufran Al-Warasneh, who shot down by Israeli forces in Hebron in June. a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists documents the killing of at least 20 journalists by the Israeli army over the past 22 years, with no one charged or held accountable.
On this episode of The Stream, journalists and press freedom advocates will discuss efforts to secure justice for Shireen Abu Akleh and talk about the challenges they face while reporting on the realities of Palestinian life.
In this episode of The Stream we are joined by:
Jalal Abukhater, @JalalAK_jojo
Journalist
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Vera Sajrawi, @SajrawiVera
Journalist
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Maram Humaid, @MaramGaza
Gaza reporter, Al Jazeera
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