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Journalist Shireen killing: One year on, demand for justice continues
Updated On: 11 May, 2023 06:30 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Several independent investigations, including those conducted by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Bellingcat, and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, concluded that the shot that killed Shireen came from Israeli forces
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In this picture taken on May 11, 2023, a man visits the spot where Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed on May 11, 2022 while covering an Israeli raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the north of the occupied West Bank. Pic/AFP
"Tens of independent investigations have concluded that Israeli defense forces were responsible for Shireen Abu Akleh`s death. Millions around the world watched live as Israeli police then attacked her funeral," wrote a US-based human rights lawyer, Mai El-Sadany on the first death anniversary of the slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Mai El-Sadany is one among hundreds of people demanding justice for journalist Shireen.
On May 11, 2022, Abu Akleh was killed while covering an IDF raid on the Jenin Refugee camp in the West Bank. Abu Akleh was wearing a blue vest with "PRESS" written on it. Her death initially led to accusations by her colleagues, including an AFP photojournalist, that Israeli soldiers were responsible. However, Israel denied responsibility and blamed Palestinian militants. Later, the IDF conducted an investigation and stated that it was possible she had been killed by fire from either the IDF or Palestinians. Several independent investigations, including those conducted by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Bellingcat, and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, concluded that the shot that killed her came from Israeli forces. A separate independent investigation by CNN concluded that her death was the result of a targeted Israeli killing.
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