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Press House publishes a factsheet on Violations against Media Freedoms in Palestine, October 2021

Press House publishes a factsheet on Violations against Media Freedoms in Palestine, October 2021

Press House publishes a factsheet on Violations against Media Freedoms in Palestine, October 2021

Gaza – Press House

The Legal Protection Unit for Journalists at Press House – Palestine (BAS) has published a factsheet on violations against media freedoms in Palestine in October, 2021.

The factsheet highlighted violations committed against Palestinian journalists (women and men), by Israeli occupation and internal entities, in addition to digital rights violations.

In October, 2021, the number of committed violations against media freedoms in Palestine has reached (20), the Legal Protection Unit at Press House has documented (17) violations committed by Israeli Occupation and (1) internal violations, in addition to (2) digital rights violations.

The factsheet showed that, the distribution of Israeli Occupation violations by geographical region was (17) violations in the West Bank representing (100%), and no violation committed by Israeli Occupation was documented in the Gaza Strip.

Internally, the factsheet indicated that by geographical area, only one internal violation was documented in the Gaza Strip representing (100%) of the total number of violations.

Also, the factsheet indicated that the most prominent of violations against media freedoms during October were: preventing journalists from media coverage, physical attack and injured by rubber bullets, in addition to arbitrary arrest and temporary detention of journalists.

For more see the factsheet below:

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