A Jerusalem court just sentenced journalist Bayan Al-Jaaba (also spelled Bayan Al-Juba, Bayan al-Jo'beh) to 20 months for Facebook posts and personal photos taken at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The charges: "incitement and support for a terrorist organization" - the standard legal machinery Israel uses to criminalize Palestinian journalism.

She was arrested in her final month of a high-risk pregnancy, released hours later, then placed under 15+ months of house arrest with a social media ban. She gave birth to her third child while confined, prohibited from using the very platforms she was convicted over.

Per #CPJ, Israel has killed 258 journalists since Oct 7, 2023 - more than any single conflict since CPJ began counting in 1992. At least 75 were classified as deliberate targeted killings. Another 108 journalists have been arrested. Israel is the world's second-worst jailer of journalists. The #ICC has issued arrest warrants for #Netanyahu and #Gallant. Not one Israeli soldier has ever been held accountable for killing a journalist.

https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/171271
[May 2026] https://www.silwanic.net/article/news/79987

#cpj #icc #netanyahu #Gallant #freebayanaljaaba #freebayanaljuba #palestine #journalists #gaza

"Depuis le 7 octobre 2023, 263 #journalistes, principalement palestinien·nes, ont été tué·es, 174 blessé·es et, comme Ali Samoudi, plus d’une centaine ont été détenu·es par Israël, a compté le Comité pour la protection des journalistes (#CPJ), qui dénonce « la campagne la plus meurtrière jamais menée pour tuer et réduire au silence des journalistes »"

Ali Samoudi : « #Israël m’a emprisonné pour que j’arrête le journalisme »
https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/070626/ali-samoudi-israel-m-emprisonne-pour-que-j-arrete-le-journalisme?utm_source=global&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SharingApp&xtor=CS3-5

➡️ "Toute #CPJ pourvue en 2026 devra être gagée par le non-remplacement d'un départ d'enseignant-chercheur" (Dgesip).

Nous l'indiquions lors du précédent mandat, c'est maintenant officiel : les CPJ sont là pour assécher les postes d'#EC.👏 https://www.aefinfo.fr/depeche/751057-toute-cpj-pourvue-en-2026-devra-etre-gagee-par-le-non-remplacement-dun-depart-denseignant-chercheur-circulaire-dgesip

#qatar #israel #palestine : #occupation / #media / #cpj / #aljazeera / #journalism / #targetedkilling / #murder / #impunity / #commemoration / #family / #protest

„ #AbuAkleh was murdered while covering an (…) #IDF operation in the #WestBank town of Jenin on May 11, 2022, despite wearing a clearly marked press vest. Her killing is part of a wider pattern of journalist deaths by Israeli military fire in which no one has been held accountable.

Read the statement below.“

https://cpj.org/2026/05/cpj-shares-statement-from-shireen-abu-aklehs-family-4-years-after-journalists-murder/

#kuwait #usa #israel #iran : #warofaggression / #journalism / #freedomofspeech / #repression / #cpj

„The journalist, A. Shihab-Eldin (…) was arrested (…) while visiting Kuwait. His #detention, which was condemned by international rights groups, highlighted restrictions on media coverage in the Persian Gulf (…). The Committee to Protect Journalists described those charges as “vague & overly broad accusations that are routinely used to silence independent journalists.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/world/middleeast/kuwait-journalist-acquitted.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dFA.Em20.xFi-b0O9ueL2&smid=nytcore-ios-share

The Committee to Protect Journalists (#CPJ) is calling for an urgent international investigation into the killing of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, alleging that #Israel's failure to allow timely medical access may constitute a war crime and highlighting a pattern of targeted attacks and obstruction of rescue efforts. Regional Director Sara Qudah stated that a culture of impunity in #Gaza is fueling a similar pattern in #Lebanon and urged the international community to hold Israel accountable.

https://cpj.org/2026/04/cpj-calls-for-urgent-international-investigation-into-israels-killing-of-lebanese-journalist-amal-khalil/

#warcrimes #presefreedom