The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by reports that Israeli soldiers assaulted
@AJArabic
reporter Ismail Al-Ghoul
@ismail_gh2
, detained him and other journalists at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, and calls for their immediate release.
"This threat is a reminder of the ugly censorship Iran imposes on journalists in Iran and abroad. Iranian authorities should stop targeting media and allow them to report freely on issues affecting its citizens lives." --
@CPJMENA
Program Coordinator
@sherifmnsour
هشدار
به کاگزاران ایرانیتبار رسانههای فارسیزبان هشدار داده میشود از مشارکت در جنگ روانی مربوط به هواپیمای اوکراینی و همکاری با ایرانستیزان خودداری کنند.
6 journalists killed over the weekend raises toll to 48. Yesterday was the second-deadliest day for journalist deaths in the war, with 5 killed, only surpased by the
#IsraelGazaWar
's first day, October 7, which saw 6 journalists killed. See the full list:
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is deeply shocked by reports and footage of Israeli security forces severely beating
@anadoluagency
Agency photojournalist Mustafa Alkharouf.
#Israel
: Israeli authorities must return the equipment they confiscated from The Associated Press in southern Israel and stop harassing and censoring journalists covering the war, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday.
@AP
#Gaza
:
@pressfreedom
is deeply saddened by a drone strike that killed
@AJArabic
cameraperson Samer Abu Daqqa and injured Gaza bureau chief Wael Al Dahdouh, and calls for an independent investigation into the attack.
. .
CPJ calls on Israel to stop making unproven claims that journalists slain by its forces are terrorists or engaging in militant activity, and demands international, swift, and independent investigations into these killings.
@pressfreedom
“CPJ is deeply alarmed by the pattern of journalists in Gaza reporting receiving threats, and subsequently, their family members being killed,” said CPJ Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator Sherif Mansour.
#Update
: Today, Mohammed Abu Hatab, a correspondent for the local channel Palestinian TV, was killed along with 11 members of his family in an Israeli airstrike in
#Gaza
.
Up until now, 36 journalists have been killed in the
#Israel
-
#Gaza
war.
It has been 100 days since Israeli forces shot and killed Shireen Abu Akleh. Multiple eyewitnesses and investigations have said that an IDF soldier fired the bullet.
The US must fully and transparently investigate her death.
#JusticeforShireen
@sherifmnsour
"این تهدید یادآور سانسور زشتی است که #ایران به خبرنگاران داخلی و خارجی اعمال میکند. مقامات ایرانی باید به هدف قراردادن رسانهها پایان و اجازه دهندتا خبرنگاران آزادانه به پوشش اخباری بپردازند که زندگی شهروندان ایرانی را تحت تاثیر قرار میدهد."
@sherifmnsour
، مدیربخش خاورمیانه
#CPJ
"This latest attack on a building long known by Israel to house international media raises the specter that the Israel Defense Forces is deliberately targeting media facilities in order to disrupt coverage of the human suffering in Gaza" --
@Joelcpj
#Gaza
: The Committee to Protect Journalists
@pressfreedom
is alarmed by reports that
#Israeli
authorities arrested
@alaraby_ar
journalist Diaa Al-Kahlout in Gaza along with members of his family, and calls for his immediate release.
We are alarmed by this news. The alleged Iranian government's effort to surveil and plot to kidnap NY based Iranian American journalist
@AlinejadMasih
is both abhorrent and telling of the risks exiled journalists face, including on U.S. soil.
BREAKING: US Justice Dept. Charges 4
#Iran
Intelligence Officers of Plot to Kidnap American Journalist.
Journalist
@AlinejadMasih
Confirms She was the target of plot. Details:
#Iran
: As protests continue, Iranian authorities are once again cutting off access to the outside world, and Iranians from each other, by shutting down the internet.
Update: 40 hours after
#Iran
implemented a near-total internet shutdown, connectivity to the outside world remains at just 5% of ordinary levels⏱
The restrictions present a direct threat to the safety and wellbeing of Iranians
#IranProtests
📰
"Iranian authorities should be ashamed of themselves for orchestrating this brutal crackdown. They only prove their failure to grasp that the attempted suppression of dissenting voices only compounds the dissent,” said
@sherifmnsour
Unreal! As of yesterday, at least 83 journalistswere detailed in
#Iran
since anti-government protests started in mid-September (including 36 released later on bail).
#mahsaami
̇ni̇
#مهسا_امینی
#IranRevolution
#IranRevolution2022
Read their full names here:
#Gaza
: "CPJ is deeply concerned about the safety of
@AlJazeera
's Gaza correspondent
@AnasAlSharif0
after the IDF claim that he was 'covering up' for Hamas and Islamic Jihad after Israel killed dozens in its strike on a Gaza City school," said CPJ's
@cmdelaserna
.
Iranian intelligence conspiracy theories belongs to their propaganda fiction series and not in any court of law. We hold their leaders accountable for any harm against these two journalists and the dozens more they have in custody.
#IranRevoIution
#MahsaaAmini
#مهساامینی
In a rare moment of agreement the Islamic Republic’s Ministry of Intelligence & the Intelligence unit of the IRGC issued a ridiculous statement claiming journalists Niloofar Hamedi & Elahe Mohammadi are agents of the CIA, MI6, Mossad, Saudi intelligence & several other countries.
"The killings of journalists Hamza Al Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya must be independently investigated to determine whether they were targeted, and those behind their deaths must be held accountable. The continuous killings of journalists and their family members by Israeli army
Austin Tice turns 41 today. He should be celebrating at home, with his family and friends. Instead, he has been held in Syria for nearly 10 years.
It's time.
#FreeAustinTice
The Israeli army is making choices and those choices to use lethal force against journalists and media facilities have to be warranted and propotional. Failing to do so constitutes possible war crimes.
#Lebanon
: TV host
@DimaSadek
is receiving death and rape threats in an online harassment campaign by Hezbollah supporters since August 13, over a tweet. CPJ condemns the threats and calls the authorities to investigate them and protect Sadek.
اتعرض منذ الصباح لحملة تحريض وصلت لحد المطالبة علنا بهدر الدم،في حملة اطلقها جواد حسن نصرالله.
وعليه ارجو اعتبار هذا التويت بمثابة اخباراً للسلطات اللبنانية،كما اني احمّل علناً ورسمياً قيادة حزب الله المسؤولية الكاملة لأي مكروه قد يقع علي من الآن وصاعدا.باقي التهديدات في الثريد.
Since the war began on October 7, 2023, Israel has used questionable and sometimes contradictory evidence to label at least three journalists killed by the IDF as members or suspected members of militant organizations.
@JessicaJerreat
"کمیته حمایت از روزنامهنگاران"CPJ ضمن محکوم کردن حکم هشت سال زندان برای #علی_علینژاد، برادر خبرنگار ایرانی مقیم آمریکا
@AlinejadMasih
، از حکومت جمهوری اسلامی #ایران میخواهد تا فوراً به آزارواذیت و زندانی کردن اعضای خانوادههای خبرنگاران ایرانی خارج از کشور پایان دهد.
We are pleased to hear that Egyptian blogger Wael Abbas has finally been released.
#Egypt
still has a long way to go, however.
@pressfreedom
has documented multiple journalists who remain in detention for simply doing their jobs.
Among those who died in
#Iraq
in 2017 was
@RudawEnglish
news anchor Shifa Gardi, who was killed on Feb 25 by a roadside bomb in western
#Mosul
. She was on assignment to investigate a mass grave where
#IS
militants had allegedly buried hundreds of civilians
In
#Gaza
today, Israel Defense Forces shot at least 7 Palestinian journalists with live rounds.
Since March 30,
#IDF
soldiers have shot at least 22 journalists with live rounds.
At least two journalists - Yaser Murtaja and Ahmed Abu Hussein - have been killed by
#IDF
fire.
More journalists have been killed in the first 10 weeks of the
#Israel
-
#Gaza
#war
than have ever been killed in a single country over an entire year, according to a new analysis released today by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
@pressfreedom
.
Journalists should be able to cover the World Cup freely, no matter where they are from or which outlet they work with.
Qatari authorities should focus on football -- not stifling press freedom.
Qatar has rescinded the visas of a team of
@IranIntl
journalists intending to travel to Qatar to cover FIFA World Cup. The move comes as Iran's gov't has worked with Doha to "avoid possible problems" during the tournament and threatened journalists with "returning them to Iran".
UPDATE: as of November 25, 57 journalists and media workers were confirmed dead: 50 Palestinian, 4 Israeli, and 3 Lebanese. And 19 journalists were reported arrested.
53 journalists and media workers were killed since October 7 in
#Gaza
,
#Israel
, and
#Lebanon
. They were not numbers.
Know more about their stories in
@pressfreedom
's documentation:
3 more journalists added to the tally:
26) Farshid Ghorbanpour, in Tehran, today.
27) Aria Jaffari, in Isfahan, today.
28) Mobin Balouch, in Baluchistan, yesterday.
We won't stop demanding their release.
#Iran
#MahsaAmini
#مهسا_امینی
For the first time since the
#Israel
-
#Gaza
war started, we had 7 days pass without new reports of killed journalists. That ended today with reports of at least one journalist killed as the fight resumes.
ان عملية المداهمة التي نفذتها قوات الأمن التونسية اليوم لمكتب قناة الجزيرة، تُعرِّض للخطر موقع البلد الرائد في مجال حرية الصحافة في المنطقة، بعد 10 سنوات من كفاح التونسيين للانتقال إلى الديمقراطية. يجب على السلطات التونسية أن تسمح فوراً ودون شروط لمكتب قناة الجزيرة في تونس بالعمل
#ایران: #حسین_امیرعبداللهیان وزیر امور خارجه دولت #ابراهیم_رییسی در مصاحبه با رادیو ملی امریکا
@NPRKelly
@nprpolitics
مدعی شده که در جریان اعتراضات ماههای اخیر در #جمهوری_اسلامی هیچ روزنامهنگاری بازداشت نشده است! #مهسا_امینی #زن_زندگی_آزادی
At least seven journalists were killed, two missing, two injured, and one detained since the Israel-Gaza conflict began. Check out
@pressfreedom
's latest update on the situation.
#IsraelGazaConflict
#Yemen
: Tawfiq al-Mansouri's health continues to deteriorate in prison, a source close to him told CPJ. The Houthis continue to deny him adequate health care or transfer him to a hospital.
He is one of four journalists facing a Houthi death penalty.
In the first six days of the Israel-Gaza conflict, at least Ten
#journalists
were killed, two were missing, two were injured, and one was detained. Check out
@pressfreedom
's latest update on the situation.
#IsraelGazaConflict
Iranian American journalist
@AlinejadMasih
says the threats and harassments she received following the incident of
#SalmanRusdhie
stabbing, won't stop her from reporting about her home country and made her more determined in her work.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#Morocco
: Today, a Casablanca court postponed journalist Soulaiman Raissouni's hearing until May 18. He's been held in solitary confinement in the Oukacha Prison since his arrest on May 22, 2020.
Raissouni started a hunger strike a week ago, to protest his pretrial detention.
#Egypt
: Imprisoned journalist Gamal al-Gamal's health is deteriorating in Cairo's Tora Prison after he contracted
#COVID19
there. Meanwhile, prison authorities are rejecting his transfer to a hospital.
Al-Gamal was arrested on February 22, on anti-state and false news charges.
وردنا أن الكاتب الصحفي جمال الجمل أُصيب بفيروس كوفيد 19 داخل سجن طرة، وأن حالته الصحية قد تدهورت في الوقت الذي ترفض فيه ادارة السجن تحويله للمستشفى مما يعرض حياته للخطر. نطالب الحكومة المصرية بالإفراج عنه لتمكينه من العلاج.
#Iran
: Iranian security forces step up arrests of journalists as anti-state protests spread. At least 17 journalists were arrested so far.
#MahsaAmini
#IranProtests2022
#Gaza
: “CPJ is deeply saddened by a drone attack that injured Al-Jazeera journalist Wael Al Dahdouh and killed Samer Abu Daqqa in Khan Yunis, and the pattern of attacks on
@AlJazeera
journalists and their families,” said CPJ Program Director
@cmdelaserna
.
#Gaza
: As of May 27, 2024, and since October 7, 2023, CPJ
@pressfreedom
has now documented:
107 journalists and media workers were confirmed killed.
At least 32 journalists injured.
At least two journalists missing.
38 journalists arrested.
#Yemen
: The tragic death of Adeeb al-Janani,
@BelqeesTV
reporter killed today during the attack at
#adenairport
, shows the continuing risks Yemeni journalists face simply by doing their jobs.
على الرغم من أنه تم إطلاق سراح المصور الصحفي
@ShawkanZeid
والمدون علاء عبد الفتاح
@alaa
بعد شهور من تنفيذهم لحكم السجن خمس سنوات، إلا أنهما ليسا أحرار، حيث مطالب منهم تسجيل حضورهم في مركز شرطة بين الساعة 6 مساءً و 6 صباحًا يوميًا.
#السودان: لجنة حماية الصحفيين تدين اعتقال مدير مكتب الجزيرة بالسودان المسلمي الكباشي وتطالب السلطات السودانية بالإفراج عنه فوراً دون أية شروط، وأن تضمن للصحفيين والقنوات الإخبارية القدرة على التغطية الإخبارية الحرة في هذه اللحظة الحاسمة من تاريخ البلاد.
The killings of journalists Hamza Al Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya must be independently investigated, and those behind their deaths must be held accountable.
@pressfreedom
Over 22 years, CPJ has documented at least 20 journalist killings by members of the IDF. Despite numerous IDF probes, no one has ever been charged or held responsible. The impunity in these cases has severely undermined the freedom of the press.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) calls on Israel to explain the killing of
@AlJazeera
Gaza correspondent Ismail Al Ghoul and camera operator Rami Al Refee in an Israeli airstrike west of
#Gaza
City on Wednesday.
Before the war, CPJ’s 2023 “Deadly Pattern” report also detailed examples of five unsubstantiated claims of terrorism or militant activity against journalists killed by Israeli forces between 2004 and 2018.
به گفته منابع موثق #سجاد_شهرابی دوبلور و گوینده رادیو که چندی پیش دستگیر شده بهعلت فعالیتهای خبرنگاری خواهرش #شیما_شهرابی (سردبیر وبسایت #ایران_وایر) در زندان تحت فشار است. این نخستین بار نیست که #جمهوری_اسلامی از خانواده خبرنگاران بهعنوان اهرم فشار به آنها استفاده میکند.
“We’re deeply alarmed and outraged by reports of the assault on Al-Jazeera reporter Ismail Al-Ghoul from Al-Shifa hospital and other journalists while doing their jobs reporting on the Israeli offensive on the hospital,” said CPJ Program Director
@cmdelaserna
. “The IDF should
The
@pressfreedom
is highly alarmed by widespread reports of a communications blackout in
#Gaza
alongside intensified bombing and ground operations by
#Israeli
forces.
#ایران: کمیته حمایت از خبرنگاران
#CPJ
امروز ضمن محکوم کردن اقدام نمایندگان مجلس جمهوری اسلامی در تصویب #طرح_صیانت_از_حقوق_کاربران فضای مجازی، محدود کردن دسترسی آزاد مردم به اینترنت را مغایر ارکان بینالمللی آزادی بیان دانست و خواستار توقف فوری اجرای این طرح شد. #طرح_صیانت
“The bomb threat against journalist
@NegarMortazavi
was as a crude attempt at censorship. Unfortunately, this event is just one example of the onslaught of threats & harassment that Mortazavi & other Iranian journalists face for simply doing their jobs– these threats must stop,
#Syria
: 11 years ago today, American reporter
#MarieColvin
and French photojournalist
#R
émiOchlik were killed when a makeshift press center in Homs was struck during shelling by Syrian forces.
We remember Marie and Rémi, and we still want justice.
Ahead of the first anniversary of Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing, CPJ will release “Deadly Pattern” report on the killings of journalists by the Israeli military over 22 years. Please join us on May 9 in Tel Aviv & on May 10 in Ramallah.
#JusticeForShireen
On Monday, IDF soldiers assaulted Al-Jazeera Arabic reporter Ismail Al-Ghoul as he reported on a new Israeli offensive on the hospital, and then took Al-Ghoul and other journalists to an undisclosed location.
@AJArabic
@AJEnglish
@ismail_gh2
#Morocco
: Today, journalist Omar Radi's hearing was postponed until May 18, because he refused to participate in his trial via video call, after authorities did not transport him to court.
Radi started a hunger strike over two weeks ago, to protest his pretrial detention.
في عهد #السيسي تحولت #مصر من دولة بلا صحفيين خلف القضبان إلى إحدى أسوء ثلاث دول في حبس الصحفيين. تحتجز مصر 20 #صحفي على الأقل، معظمهم على ذمة قضايا متعلقة ب #الإرهاب
#UPDATE
: As of November 21, and since October 7,
@pressfreedom
has now documented:
- 53
#journalists
and media workers killed: 46 Palestinian, 4 Israeli, and 3 Lebanese.
- 3 journalists missing.
- 18 journalists arrested.
Another week, another sad milestone. Now more than 60 journalists have been detained, some released later on bail.
Read their names:
Names of journalists arrested in Iran's anti-state protests via
@CPJMENA
"Israel first said it lethally targeted a car carrying journalists in Gaza because there was a terrorist in the car. Now it says that the use by a journalist of a drone made it "look like" they were terrorists. Targeting of civilians is illegal. Journalists use equipment like
The physical attack on Mustafa Alkharouf is not a singular incident. It belongs to a pattern of physical attacks and threats by Israeli soldiers on
#journalists
reporting from the
#WestBank
and
#Israel
that have dramatically increased since October 7.
#Egypt
: Ahead of
#WorldPressFreedomDay
,
@sana2
, activist and sister of imprisoned journalist
@alaa
, sat down for an interview with us in our New York office, to discuss her brother's book, hunger strike, and the injustices he and his family face every day.
Today Israeli war planes destroyed a Gaza City building housing offices of The Associated Press, Al-Jazeera, and other offices and residential apartments, the AP and Al-Jazeera reported.
The bombing completely collapsed the 12-story building.