Tag: Killing of journalists

Pacific Media Watch The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says Israel has stepped up systematic attacks on journalists and media infrastructure since the...

Pacific Media Watch Another Palestinian journalist, Bilal Rajab, of al-Quds al-Youm TV channel, has been killed in an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, confirms...

Pacific Media Watch Israel is the world’s second-worst offender after Haiti in letting the murder of journalists go unpunished, according to a new report from...

Pacific Media Watch This week marked the grim one-year anniversary of the surprise October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the beginning of the Israeli...

Pacific Media Watch A month before the anniversary of the death of photojournalist Issam Abdallah -- killed by an Israeli strike while reporting in southern...

Pacific Media Watch A global media watchdog has expressed concern for the safety of an Al Jazeera reporter after false claims by the Israeli military. The...

COMMENTARY: By Mohamad Elmasry On Wednesday, the Israeli army killed two more Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Rifi were working when they were...

Pacific Media Watch Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Rifi have been killed in an Israeli air attack on the Gaza...

Pacific Media Watch Pro-Palestinian protesters dressed in blue "press" vests tonight staged a vigil calling on New Zealand journalists to show solidarity with the media...

By Kaneta Naimatu in Suva Journalists in the Pacific region play an important role as the “eyes and ears on the ground” when it comes...

By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch Along with the devastating death toll – now almost 35,000 people, hundreds of aid workers and hundreds...

ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report On my office wall hangs a framed portrait of Shireen Abu Akleh, the inspiring and celebrated...

Pacific Media Watch The toll of four months of war in Gaza on journalism is "nothing short of horrifying" -- Palestinian journalists killed, wounded, and...

Pacific Media Watch Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza, who has been documenting the impact of the war in the Gaza Strip, has left the enclave for...

Pacific Media Watch Israel has arrested a total of 38 Palestinian journalists since the start of its war with Hamas on October 7 and is...

Pacific Media Watch Global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Israeli authorities to end military pactices that "violate international law" with...

Pacific Media Watch The International Press Institute (IPI) global network has called on all parties involved in the ongoing hostilities in Israel and Gaza to...

Pacific Media Watch Israeli occupation forces are intentionally targeting Palestinian journalists in the besieged Gaza Strip, media outlets warned after three reporters were killed Tuesday...

Pacific Media Watch With murders, contract killings, ambushes, war zone deaths and fatal injuries, a staggering total of 1668 journalists have been killed worldwide in...

ANALYSIS: By Danilo Arana Arao in Manila Upon assuming the Philippines presidency on 30 June 2022, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr -- the only son and...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Radio broadcaster Federico "Ding" Gempesaw has been shot and killed in broad daylight in front of his home in Carmen, Cagayan...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto A detailed study of the killing of journalists released this week by Countercurrents shows that Israel leads the world in this...