HRW and Amnesty decry killing of journalists in Gaza
Prominent global rights groups Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have strongly condemned the targeted killings of Palestinian journalists in Gaza.
Human Rights Watch denounced the “brazen targeted killing”, which it said underscored both the “unimaginable peril” faced by Palestinian journalists and the Israeli military’s “complete disregard for civilian life”.
“Rather than killing voices reporting on its atrocities in Gaza, Israel should stop committing them,” the US-based group said.
Amnesty said Sunday night’s attack constitutes a “war crime” as it mourned the killing of the Al Jazeera journalists, including al-Sharif, who had been recognised with Amnesty International Australia’s 2024 Human Rights Defender Award.
“Words cannot capture our grief at the cruelty of deliberately targeting journalists,” said Mohamed Duar, Amnesty International Australia’s spokesperson.
“Israel isn’t just assassinating journalists but attacking journalism itself by preventing the documentation of genocide,” he added.
Duar said the journalists have been working under “the most dangerous conditions on Earth”.
“At great risk to their lives, they have remained to show the world the war crimes being committed by Israel against almost two million Palestinian women, men and children,” he added.
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