CPJ calls on IDF to investigate attack on cameraman
Lt. Gen. Halutz: The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the beating and brief detention of a cameraman filming a protest in the West Bank today. Nabil al-Mazzawi, 26, on assignment for the Qatar-based al-Jazeera news channel, was covering a demonstration against Israel’s construction of the separation barrier in the village of Beilin, near Ramallah, when he was attacked by several soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces, the journalist told CPJ. He said the soldiers punched, kicked, and threw him to the ground. Al-Mazzawi said he was detained for six hours.
ISRAEL and the Occupied Territories, including the Palestinian Authority Territories
OCTOBER 12, 2005 Posted October 18, 2005 Dion Nissenbaum, Knight Ridder Adam Pletts, Knight Ridder ABDUCTED Nissenbaum, a U.S. reporter for the Knight Ridder newspaper chain, and Pletts, a British freelance photographer working for the news organization, were held for several hours and released unharmed in the Gaza Strip. The abductions were part of an…
Two foreign journalists briefly abducted in Gaza
New York, October 12, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the abduction of a U.S. journalist and a British colleague who were held for several hours and released unharmed on Wednesday in the Gaza Strip. The abductions are part of an alarming spate of kidnappings of foreign journalists in Gaza, CPJ research shows. Dion Nissenbaum,…
ISRAEL and the Occupied Territories, including the Palestinian Authority Territories
AUGUST 22, 2005 Posted: August 26, 2005 Mohamed Ouathi, Daily News ABDUCTED Mohammed Ouathi, a soundman for France 3 television was released unharmed, eight days after unidentified gunmen seized him in the Gaza Strip.
Kidnapped French TV soundman freed
New York, August 22, 2005—A soundman for French television was released unharmed today, eight days after unidentified gunmen seized him in the Gaza Strip. Mohammed Ouathi of France 3 television told reporters he was well but made no further comment when he appeared at a Gaza City police station, international news agencies reported.
French television soundman seized
New York, August 15, 2005—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the abduction of a French television soundman on Sunday in the Gaza Strip and demands his immediate release. Mohamed Ouathi of France 3 Television was forced into a car by three men with rifles as he walked to his hotel with colleagues in Gaza City,…
ISRAEL and the Occupied Territories, including the Palestinian Authority Territories
AUGUST 14, 2005 Posted August 17, 2005 Mohamed Ouathi, France 3 Television ABDUCTED Mohamed Ouathi, a soundman for France 3 Television was forced into a car by three men with rifles as he walked to his hotel with colleagues in Gaza City, according to international press reports.
ISRAEL and the Occupied Territories, including the Palestinian Authority Territories
AUGUST 14, 2005 Posted: August 18, 2005 Mohamed Ouathi, Daily News LEGAL ACTION Ouathi, a television soundman for of France 3 Television, was forced into a car by three men with rifles as he walked to his hotel with colleagues in Gaza City, according to international press reports.
Army to take no action against officer in journalist’s death
New York, April 14, 2005—The Israel Defense Forces said today that it would not take disciplinary action against an officer thought responsible for the May 2003 shooting death of British freelance cameraman and film director James Miller in the Gaza Strip. The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply disturbed by the decision, which comes one…
CPJ protests prosecution of former nuclear technician
Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists is writing to express deep concern about the case of Mordechai Vanunu, a former Israeli nuclear technician recently charged with violating government restrictions that bar him from speaking with the foreign press. These punitive measures against Vanunu threaten freedom of the press by inhibiting news coverage of an issue of vital concern.