Report: 218 attacks on Palestinian journalists in 2010

[ 19/02/2011 – 09:34 AM ]

 

RAMALLAH, (PIC)– A report shows a significant increase in attacks on Palestinian journalists in 2010.

It highlights a total of 218 attacks, a 45 attack increase since 2009.

“Israeli forces and Jewish settlers have committed the bulk of observed violations, with numbers reaching 139, a rise of 42 attacks in 2009,” the Palestinian center for development and media freedoms (Mada) said.

The reporters were mostly physically tortured and detained as well as forbidden from covering events and from travel, the report adds.

Most of the attacks took place in Al-Khalil, followed by Ramallah, then Jerusalem, it details.

Separately, the report applauds Palestinian reporters on their determination, persistence and hard work in delivering facts to the world and highlighting Israel’s violations of international law.

Report: 218 attacks on Palestinian journalists in 2010.

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