Dozens of members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have nominated slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, the EU’s highest honour for human rights defenders. The 43 EU MPs, issued a statement on Friday which read, “Shireen Abu Akleh was one of the …
Read More »Aljazeera: 100 days of injustic since killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
Aljazeera reported that justice remains elusive for veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, shot and killed by Israeli forces 100 days ago. Abu Akleh, a Palestinian American reporter who was well known across the Arab world for her 25-year coverage of the Israeli occupation, was fatally shot in the …
Read More »Meeting with Shireen Abu Akleh’s family not on USA’s President’s schedule
USA’s President Joe Biden appears to have rejected a request by Shireen Abu Akleh’s family to meet with him during his visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank this week. The White House released a public schedule of Biden’s visit on Wednesday (13 July 2022), and it did not …
Read More »MEM: Justice for Al Jazeera journalist will only come with the end of Israel’s occupation
Following repeated requests, the Palestinian Authority agreed eventually to hand over the bullet that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the United States to carry out forensic tests and find out who fired the fatal shot. PA Public Prosecutor Akram Al-Khatib told Voice of Palestine Radio that the authority had received “guarantees” …
Read More »Crude US Attempt to Absolve Israel of Abu Aqeleh’s Murder
The super terrorist’s bid to whitewash the unpardonable crime of the illegal Zionist regime in killing veteran Al Jazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Aqeleh in Jenin, Occupied Palestine last May 11, is nothing but a clumsy attempt by the US on the pretext of so-called investigation, to try to deflect attention …
Read More »Al-Jazeera: Killing of “Shireen Abu Akleh” was intentional
The Palestinian Prosecutor General announced that the available technical reports confirm that the murder of late Al-Jazeera’s Reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was intentional. The Palestinian Prosecutor General announced that available technical reports confirm that the killing of the late Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was intentional and that the …
Read More »MEE: New investigation into Abu Akleh’s killing finds Israeli soldier likely fired fatal shot
An investigation by the Washington Post into the death of Shireen Abu Akleh has concluded that an Israeli soldier likely fired the fatal shot that killed the veteran Al-Jazeera’s Journalist last month. The in-depth analysis and visual investigation, published on Sunday, examined more than “five dozen videos, social media posts …
Read More »Al-Jazeera assigns legal team to refer killing of Shireen Abu Akleh to ICC
The Al Jazeera Media Network has assigned a legal team to refer the killing of its journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces to the International Criminal Court at The Hague. In a statement issued on Thursday (26 May 2022), the network said it had formed an international coalition that consists …
Read More »Weapons expert concludes Israeli soldier targeted Shireen Abu Akleh
New evidence around the killing of Palestinian Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh suggests she was killed in a targeted attack by Israeli forces, a CNN investigation has found. The investigation by CNN, based on two videos from the shooting scene and corroborated by an audio forensic analyst and an explosive weapons …
Read More »How West Is Complicit in Murder of Shireen Abu Akleh
By: David Hearst* For months now, a revolt has been brewing in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Authority has lost control over Jenin, where resistance to nightly Israeli armed incursions unifies all factions. The Shin Bet, the domestic Israeli intelligence service, is also stumped. The gun attacks on Israelis …
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