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Kati ya mwaka wa 2006 na 2024, zaidi ya waandishi wa habari 1,700 wameuawa kote duniani, na karibu asilimia 85 ya kesi hizo hazikufikishwa mahakamani, kulingana na ripoti ya Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la Elimu, Sayansi na Utamaduni (UNESCO).
Hatari wanazokabiliana nazo waandishi wa habari, ikiwa ni pamoja na kuhatarisha maisha yao, zinaangaziwa kila mwaka kwenye Siku ya Kimataifa ya Kukomesha Ukatili dhidi ya Waandishi wa Habari, inayoadhimishwa tarehe 2 Novemba.
Mwaka huu, Siku hiyo inasadifiana na Ripoti ya Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa UNESCO kuhusu Usalama wa Waandishi wa Habari na Suala la Ukatili, ambayo ilirekodi ongezeko la asilimia 38 la mauaji ya waandishi wa habari ikilinganishwa na utafiti wa awali.
Katika ujumbe wake wa mwaka 2024 kwa Siku hiyo, Katibu Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa António Guterres alieleza kuwa Gaza imeshuhudia idadi kubwa zaidi ya mauaji ya waandishi wa habari na wafanyakazi wa vyombo vya habari katika vita vyovyote kwa miongo kadhaa. Aliitaka serikali kuchukua hatua za dharura kulinda waandishi wa habari, kuchunguza uhalifu dhidi yao, na kuwafikisha wahalifu mahakamani.
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Between 2006 and 2024, over 1,700 journalists have been killed around the world, and around 85 percent of the cases did not make it to court, according to a report by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
The dangers faced by journalists, including risks to their lives, are highlighted each year on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, which falls on November 2.
This year, the International Day coincides with the biannual UNESCO Director-General's Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, which recorded a 38 per cent increase in the number of journalist killings compared to the previous study.
In his 2024 message for the Day, UN Secretary-General António Guterres pointed out that Gaza has seen the highest number of killings of journalists and media workers in any war in decades, and called on governments to take urgent steps to protect journalists, investigate crimes against them, and prosecute perpetrators.
Journalists in Gaza killed 'at a level unseen in any conflict in modern times'
The war in Gaza inevitably dominated the 2024 UN International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East on Friday, an event that has taken place annually for the past three decades, with the aim of enhancing dialogue and understanding between media practitioners, and fostering their contributions in support of a peaceful settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In a statement to the Seminar, read out by UN head of global communications, Melissa Fleming, Mr. Guterres noted that journalists in Gaza have been killed "at a level unseen in any conflict in modern times," adding that the ongoing ban preventing international journalists from Gaza "suffocates the truth even further."
Below is an excerpt of the comments made by Cheikh Niang, Chairman of the UN Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, and the Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations; Guilherme Canela, Chief of Section, Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists, UNESCO; and Mohammad Ali Alnsour, Chief of the Middle East and North Africa Section, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Cheikh Niang: One year has passed since the events of October 7th, 2023, when Palestinian militants attacked Israel, followed by a devastating Israel. Israeli response in Gaza.
Since then, access to information has been severely curtailed. Journalists have been killed, newsrooms destroyed, foreign press blocked and communications cut. Israeli forces, as the occupying power, have systematically dismantled Palestinian media infrastructure. Silencing voices through restrictions, threats, targeted killings and censorship.
In the past 380 days, over 130 Palestinian journalists have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. These were voices reporting on possible war crimes, silenced before their stories could be fully told.
Journalists in Gaza continue to report on the humanitarian crisis, often at great personal risk, providing the world with an accurate picture of the unfolding tragedy. We honour their courage and recognize that their loss silences their stories and severely limits the public's access to the truth.
Guilherme Canela: UNESCO Director-General's Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity has, for many years, been showing a decrease in the number of journalists killed in conflicts compared with the journalists killed in other situations.
This is not true for this report. Since the report we issued in 2017, it was completely changed because of the situation in Gaza. Journalists were killed because they were telling a story, a story that is relevant for each one of us and of each citizen.
And to be honest, it is very scary to see the level of mistrust that there is against media all over the world and against journalists. And this mistrust is happening because of a narrative of political leaders, of religious leaders, of celebrities against journalists, and against journalism as a foundation pillar of our democratic values and the protection of human rights.
Mohammad Ali Alnsour: The media has a very important role in starting the accountability process, starting with documenting the crimes and violations and then into investigation and then accountability and eventually to achieve peace. Unfortunately, this has not been the case in the occupied Palestinian territories for four decades now, the issue of access also is not limited to the media and journalists.
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Hatari wanazokabiliana nazo waandishi wa habari, ikiwa ni pamoja na kuhatarisha maisha yao, zinaangaziwa kila mwaka kwenye Siku ya Kimataifa ya Kukomesha Ukatili dhidi ya Waandishi wa Habari, inayoadhimishwa tarehe 2 Novemba.
Mwaka huu, Siku hiyo inasadifiana na Ripoti ya Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa UNESCO kuhusu Usalama wa Waandishi wa Habari na Suala la Ukatili, ambayo ilirekodi ongezeko la asilimia 38 la mauaji ya waandishi wa habari ikilinganishwa na utafiti wa awali.
Katika ujumbe wake wa mwaka 2024 kwa Siku hiyo, Katibu Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa António Guterres alieleza kuwa Gaza imeshuhudia idadi kubwa zaidi ya mauaji ya waandishi wa habari na wafanyakazi wa vyombo vya habari katika vita vyovyote kwa miongo kadhaa. Aliitaka serikali kuchukua hatua za dharura kulinda waandishi wa habari, kuchunguza uhalifu dhidi yao, na kuwafikisha wahalifu mahakamani.
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Between 2006 and 2024, over 1,700 journalists have been killed around the world, and around 85 percent of the cases did not make it to court, according to a report by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
The dangers faced by journalists, including risks to their lives, are highlighted each year on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, which falls on November 2.
This year, the International Day coincides with the biannual UNESCO Director-General's Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, which recorded a 38 per cent increase in the number of journalist killings compared to the previous study.
In his 2024 message for the Day, UN Secretary-General António Guterres pointed out that Gaza has seen the highest number of killings of journalists and media workers in any war in decades, and called on governments to take urgent steps to protect journalists, investigate crimes against them, and prosecute perpetrators.
Journalists in Gaza killed 'at a level unseen in any conflict in modern times'
The war in Gaza inevitably dominated the 2024 UN International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East on Friday, an event that has taken place annually for the past three decades, with the aim of enhancing dialogue and understanding between media practitioners, and fostering their contributions in support of a peaceful settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
In a statement to the Seminar, read out by UN head of global communications, Melissa Fleming, Mr. Guterres noted that journalists in Gaza have been killed "at a level unseen in any conflict in modern times," adding that the ongoing ban preventing international journalists from Gaza "suffocates the truth even further."
Below is an excerpt of the comments made by Cheikh Niang, Chairman of the UN Committee on the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, and the Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations; Guilherme Canela, Chief of Section, Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists, UNESCO; and Mohammad Ali Alnsour, Chief of the Middle East and North Africa Section, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Cheikh Niang: One year has passed since the events of October 7th, 2023, when Palestinian militants attacked Israel, followed by a devastating Israel. Israeli response in Gaza.
Since then, access to information has been severely curtailed. Journalists have been killed, newsrooms destroyed, foreign press blocked and communications cut. Israeli forces, as the occupying power, have systematically dismantled Palestinian media infrastructure. Silencing voices through restrictions, threats, targeted killings and censorship.
In the past 380 days, over 130 Palestinian journalists have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. These were voices reporting on possible war crimes, silenced before their stories could be fully told.
Journalists in Gaza continue to report on the humanitarian crisis, often at great personal risk, providing the world with an accurate picture of the unfolding tragedy. We honour their courage and recognize that their loss silences their stories and severely limits the public's access to the truth.
Guilherme Canela: UNESCO Director-General's Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity has, for many years, been showing a decrease in the number of journalists killed in conflicts compared with the journalists killed in other situations.
This is not true for this report. Since the report we issued in 2017, it was completely changed because of the situation in Gaza. Journalists were killed because they were telling a story, a story that is relevant for each one of us and of each citizen.
And to be honest, it is very scary to see the level of mistrust that there is against media all over the world and against journalists. And this mistrust is happening because of a narrative of political leaders, of religious leaders, of celebrities against journalists, and against journalism as a foundation pillar of our democratic values and the protection of human rights.
Mohammad Ali Alnsour: The media has a very important role in starting the accountability process, starting with documenting the crimes and violations and then into investigation and then accountability and eventually to achieve peace. Unfortunately, this has not been the case in the occupied Palestinian territories for four decades now, the issue of access also is not limited to the media and journalists.
Allafrica
