Occupied al-Quds- Saba:
The Palestinian Prisoners' Club announced that the number of journalists detained in Israeli occupation prisons has risen to 49 since the start of the aggression on October 7, 2023, following the arrest of journalist Ali al-Samoudi from Jenin this morning.
The club said in a statement that the 49 detained journalists are among (177) male and female journalists who have been arrested and detained since the beginning of the genocide, based on documentation and monitoring conducted by institutions.
The club explained that the occupation authorities continue to escalate their targeting of Palestinian journalists through systematic arrests, in addition to daily targeting of journalists while performing their work.
It pointed out that the assassinations of journalists in Gaza continue, during what is the bloodiest period for journalists, in an ongoing attempt to target the truth and the Palestinian narrative.
The club confirmed that the occupation authorities in the West Bank target journalists through administrative detention, under the pretext of having a "secret file." They number (19) of the total number of detained journalists. The most recent individuals to receive administrative detention orders were journalists Samer Khweira and Ibrahim Abu Safia.
It added that the occupation is targeting them through arrests based on what it calls "incitement," meaning that they are being detained on the basis of freedom of opinion and expression. Social media platforms have become a tool for suppressing journalists and imposing increased control and censorship over their work.
The club pointed out that journalists are subjected to all the systematic crimes faced by detainees, including starvation, medical crimes, torture, and numerous forms of abuse.
The Prisoners' Club renewed its call for the international human rights system to restore its true and necessary role and end the systematic impotence that has cast a shadow over the humanitarian system since the beginning of the genocide, one of the most prominent aspects of which are the crimes committed against detainees in Israeli prisons and camps.
The club called for ensuring the protection of journalists and their work, which has been the most prominent tool in revealing the extent of the genocide crimes.
The club noted that the arrests include those who were detained and kept in detention by the occupation, as well as those who were later released.
It is worth noting that the Israeli occupation continues to detain dozens of journalists in Gaza under the "Unlawful Combatant" Law, some of whom remain subject to enforced disappearance.
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