Tag: journalists
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Israeli strikes kill 3 journalists in Lebanon, 38 people in Gaza
The deadly strike comes as Israel faces mounting accusations of intentionally targeting journalists in Gaza, which it denies. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 128 journalists have been killed in Gaza during Israel’s yearlong offensive in the enclave. CPJ has warned that more journalists were killed in the first 10 weeks of…
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Israel-Hamas war in Gaza the deadliest on record for journalists who describe killings, attacks and arrests
JERUSALEM — Almost 12 months of unbridled war, death, destruction and suffering in Gaza have proved the deadliest conflict on record for journalists. One year in, NBC News has spoken to 21 media professionals and organizations in the region who described killings, attacks and arrests by Israeli forces. As of Aug. 31, 116 journalists had…
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Two Hong Kong journalists to be sentenced in sedition case criticized by U.S.
Two journalists who led a pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong are being sentenced Thursday after being convicted of sedition last month in a verdict seen as a further blow to press freedom in the Chinese territory. Chung Pui-kuen, the former editor-in-chief of the now-defunct Stand News, and Patrick Lam, the newspaper’s former acting editor-in-chief, had been…