Journalists in the occupied West Bank were “attacked and harassed” by Israeli forces, according to two UN experts. Experts denounce this violence, which includes incidents where live bullets were used against reporters and their vehicles. “We unequivocally denounce the attacks and harassment of journalists in the illegally occupied West Bank, which are nothing more than blatant attempts by the Israeli military to prevent independent reporting of potential war crimes,” Irene Hahn and Francesca Albanese wrote in a statement. , which are mandated by the Human Rights Council but do not speak on behalf of the UN. Irene Khan, special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, and Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, pointed to at least three incidents in September, in Jenin and Tulkarem, “where Israeli security forces opened fire with actual bullets against journalists or their vehicles as they covered the news […]
Source: News Beast
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