NEW YORK, Mar 01 (APP): The leaders of more than 30 news organizations from across the world, including Pakistan, have joined an open letter affirming their solidarity with journalists reporting from besieged Gaza. The letter, coordinated by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) with the support of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), demonstrates strong and unified support for colleagues reporting from Gaza in the deadliest conflict for journalists ever documented by CPJ.<\/p>\n
Heads the major global news agencies \u2014 Associated Press (AP), Agence France-Presse (AFP), and Reuters \u2014 were prominent on the list of 36 signatories. From Pakistan, Rameeza Nizami, Managing Director of the Nawaiwaqt Group, signed the letter. \u201cFor nearly five months, journalists and media workers in Gaza \u2013 overwhelmingly, the sole source of on-the-ground reporting from within the Palestinian territory \u2013 have been working in unprecedented conditions,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026These journalists \u2013 on whom the international news media and the international community rely for information about the situation inside Gaza \u2013 continue to report despite grave personal risk.\u201d The letter goes on to remind the international community that journalists are civilians and authorities must protect journalists as noncombatants according to international law. A total of at least 94 journalists have been killed in Israel\u2019s war against Gaza; the majority of them (89) were Palestinians killed by the Israeli military. Besides Pakistan, the signatories include outlets from Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, India, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, the Philippines, Qatar, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NEW YORK, Mar 01 (APP): The leaders of more than 30 news organizations from across the world, including Pakistan, have joined an open letter affirming their solidarity with journalists reporting from besieged Gaza. The letter, coordinated by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) with the […]<\/p>\n
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