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Palestinian Media Rally for Protection After Activist’s Death

Staff Writer by Staff Writer
06/28/21
in Media Freedom, Middle East
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Journalists protest outside the United Nations office in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, June 28, 2021, demanding protection. Photo: Abbas Momani/AFP

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Dozens of Palestinian journalists rallied outside a UN building in Ramallah Monday to demand press freedom following violent clashes with the Palestinian police sparked by an activist’s death in custody.

Nizar Banat, a 43-year-old from Hebron known for social media videos deploring alleged corruption within the Palestinian Authority (PA), died last week shortly after security forces stormed his home and violently arrested him, his family said.

Days of clashes between protesters and police have left several journalists injured.

Reporters Without Borders said Monday that during weekend unrest in the occupied West Bank 12 Palestinian journalists, including five women, had been assaulted by Palestinian police. 

Naila Khalil, a reporter with The New Arab media outlet, said Palestinian reporters had submitted a letter to the UN urging the world body “to take necessary and immediate measures” to protect media freedom. 

Mohammed Gharafi of the Ultra Palestine news site said he had been harassed by Palestinian security forces who threatened to confiscate his phone if he did not stop filming the protests. 

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said Monday that those responsible for Banat’s death “will be held accountable,” according to the official WAFA news agency. 

According to an autopsy, Banat had been beaten on the head, chest, neck, legs and hands, with less than an hour elapsing between his arrest and his death.

Banat had registered as a candidate in Palestinian parliamentary elections, which had been set for May until Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas postponed them indefinitely.

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