Impunity: Governments must be held accountable for targeting journalists, says IFJ
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) insists that national governments are held accountable when journalists are killed or targeted across the world, in particular those in Palestine, Lebanon, Israel, and Syria as a result of the war in Gaza. The appeal comes on 2 November, the 10th anniversary of International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.
Since the beginning of the year, at least 76 journalists and media workers have been killed in the course of their work, 46 of them in Gaza, according to the IFJ’s latest statistics. The IFJ condemns, in particular, Israel’s attitude towards the press and its attacks on media workers as a result of the war in Gaza. At least 146 journalists have lost their lives there since the beginning of the conflict in October 2023 – the bloodiest period in the history of