Press House holds a legal awareness session on the topic of "The Photojournalism in the Palestinian Law"

Gaza – Press House

On Sunday, January 09, 2022, Press House – Palestine (BAS) held a legal awareness session on the topic of "Photojournalism in the Palestinian Law", as part of "Legal Protection for Palestinian Journalists" project activities, in partnership with the European Endowment for Democracy.

The awareness session was held in Gaza City, with consideration of high prevention measures to prevent the outbreak of COVID 19, with participation of a number of journalists (women and men), students and graduates of media colleges.

The session was opened by Mr. Abdallah Sharsharh "Coordinator of the Legal Protection Unit for Journalists at Press House", as he welcomed the audience, stressing that Press House strengthening and building journalists’ capacity in many legal fields related to their profession.

Mr. Mohammed Al Jaesh "Facilitator of the Session", talked about photojournalism and its linkages to right of privacy and personal freedoms and standards that journalists (women and men) should follow according to the international standards of publishing pictures of children and victims.

The awareness session included a number of participations from journalists (women and men), which focused on problems they face during their media work and on social media platforms.