CPJ mourns Italian photographer killed in West Bank clashes
New York, March 13, 2002—CPJ is shocked and saddened by the death of Italian free-lance photographer Raffaele Ciriello, who was killed this morning by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank city of Ramallah, according to press reports and eyewitness testimony. Ciriello, who was on assignment for the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, is the first…
Journalists come under Israeli fire in West Bank Hotel
New York, March 12, 2002—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is gravely concerned that Israeli forces opened fire on a hotel housing numerous journalists near the West Bank city of Ramallah. In the early morning hours of March 12, Israeli forces directed heavy machine gun fire at the City Inn hotel, from which some 30…
IDF troops destroy Palestinian broadcast facilities in Gaza
New York February 21, 2002—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the destruction of a Palestinian broadcasting facility in the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces today. Early this morning in the Gaza city of Al-Shijaieh, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) troops entered a two-story building that houses offices and studios used by the Palestinian National Authority’s…
IDF troops destroy Palestinian broadcast facilities in Gaza
New York February 21, 2002–The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the destruction of a Palestinian broadcasting facility in the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces today. Early this morning in the Gaza city of Al-Shijaieh, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) troops entered a two-story building that houses offices and studios used by the Palestinian National Authority’s…
Government fails to renew accreditation of Palestinian journalists
According to a joint statement issued by the bureau chiefs of 29 international media organizations on January 15, the GPO has failed to renew press accreditations for all but a few of the Palestinian journalists employed by these organizations since December 31, when the old accreditations expired. The media companies have said that some foreign journalists, mostly camera crews, have also been refused accreditation.
CPJ condemns Israel’s destruction of Palestinian radio and television building
January 19, 2002, New York—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns in the strongest terms Israel’s destruction today of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation building in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Early this morning, Israeli forces entered the five-story building, which houses administrative offices and broadcasting facilities for the Palestinian National Authority’s Voice of Palestine…
CPJ responds to Israel Defense Forces report on journalist shootings
FPA STATEMENT The IDF has completed what it describes as “an accounting” of the outstanding cases in which journalists were shot in the territories. We are pleased that the IDF has reaffirmed its commitment to the freedom of the press, the safety of journalists and their freedom of movement.
CPJ condemns destruction of Palestinian radio facility
New York, December 13, 2001—The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned Israel’s destruction of the Voice of Palestine radio station broadcasting headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Associated Press reported that Israeli missiles hit the building’s main transmitter, knocking the station off the air.
Israeli forces harass journalists, bar them from covering clashes
New York, October 25, 2001—The Committee to Protect journalists is deeply troubled that Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) harassed journalists and barred them from covering clashes in the Palestinian village of Beit Rima on October 24. Local sources told CPJ that IDF soldiers blocked all journalists from entering Beit Rima for the entire day. Journalists from…