Media Advocacy group Reporters With out Borders (RSF) on Monday mentioned the Worldwide Prison Court docket has agreed to analyze potential crimes towards journalists in Gaza the place an Israeli bombardment has led to the demise of over 20,000 individuals.
The organisation mentioned following the final two complaints it filed with the Worldwide Prison Court docket (ICC), the workplace of prosecutor Karim Khan assured that crimes towards journalists are included in its investigation into Palestine.
“Crimes towards journalists are being examined by the prosecutor’s workplace, amongst different potential crimes, as a part of the continued investigation into the state of affairs in Palestine, and RSF’s goals and actions have to be supported and are of essential significance in Gaza and elsewhere,” RSF mentioned, quoting a response from the ICC prosecutor’s workplace.
The ICC added that journalists are protected by worldwide humanitarian regulation and the Rome Statute and should not underneath any circumstances be focused within the train of their essential mission.
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At the very least 79 journalists have been killed in Gaza together with impartial videographer journalist working for Agence France Presse (AFP) Moustafa Thuraya and Al Jazeera journalist Hamza Waël Dahdouh.
The UN Human Rights workplace on Monday mentioned on X that it was very involved by the excessive demise toll of media staff in Gaza calling for an intensive and impartial investigation of the killing of all journalists.
Over 23,000 individuals have been killed since Israel began attacking Gaza on 7 October after Hamas militants attacked Israel killing about 1,300 individuals.
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