Posted on 04/06/2011 8:39:54 PM PDT by Nachum
Human Rights Watch released a report Wednesday detailing the abuse of journalists in the West Bank and Gaza at the hands of the Palestinian Authority.
The report, “No News is Good News: Abuses Against Journalists by Palestinian Security Forces,” accuses Palestinian Authority security forces of censoring, harassing and torturing reporters, resulting in a severe restriction of free speech.
Documenting seven instances of journalist detention and abuse, Human Rights Watch concludes that the effect has not only been active censorship but also a “chilling effect” of self-censorship by journalists in the area.
“Security forces of the Palestinian Authority have arbitrarily detained scores of West Bank journalists since 2009, and in some cases abused them during interrogation in a manner that amounted to torture,” the report reads. “Like other Palestinian victims of abuse by the Palestinian Authority’s security services, these journalists confront a virtual wall of impunity when they try to hold their abusers accountable, leaving the victims feeling vulnerable to further harassment and abuse.”
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
but but but.....
Where do we send ours???!!
What would they expect from a terrorist organization?
Hoo wooda thunk it.
I have very mixed feelings about this. Is that wrong?
The answer to that is immunity from it. And they are getting what every appeaser gets from dealing with tyrants, a shot in the back of a head in a dark field. You would think they would learn....
Leni
Let’s put Katue Curic on that beat!
Heh. Yeah, sort of like that.
Journalists have been torturing us for years.
Pali’s touture jourlnalists and still the boobs write glowing stories of the murdering sub human palestinians?
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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censoring, harassing and torturing reporters, resulting in a severe restriction of free speechThat'll give "journalists" something to cover besides Goldstone's repudiation of the Goldstone Report.
There goes the safety of the press’s being sacrosanct in a war zone.
When these animals tear it all down, they’re going to be surprised when they can’t survive in the rubble.
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