Shireen Abu Akleh
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Watch: Meet 11-year-old Sumayya Wushah, Gaza’s youngest journalist
Eleven-year-old Sumayya Wushah, one of Gaza’s youngest journalists, has been boldly reporting events from the ground, where more than 120 journalists have been killed by Israeli air strikes since October 7, 2023.…
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Carleton University launches new award in honour of Shireen Abu Akleh
Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication in Canada has announced a special new award in honor of Al Jazeera’s slain journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh. “The Shireen Abu Akleh Emerging Reporter Award…
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Slain Journalist Abu Akleh’s memorial mural unveiled in Bethlehem
A mural of Al Jazeera’s slain journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh was inaugurated on Wednesday, August 30, in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. The municipality of Bethlehem unveiled the…
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US senator demands new report on killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
A US senator during the senate budget hearing lashed out at a top Biden administrative official over defers in delivering a brief report on the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.…
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Family of slain journalist Shireen rejects Israel’s apology
Washington: The family of Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh rejected Israel’s apology for the death of Shireen. Exactly a year after Shireen Abu Akleh was killed, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson…
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Israel Defence Forces apologizes for death of Shireen Abu Akleh for first time
Washington: The Israel Defence Forces on Thursday for the first time apologized for the death of Al Jazeera’s journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, reported CNN. Their apology came after a year, she was…
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1 yr to Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing; her family still awaits justice
May 11 marks the first anniversary of the killing of American-Palestinian Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli army bullets in the occupied West Bank. This gains more prominence in the…
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US admin’s report on human rights ignored killing of Shireen Abu Akleh
Washington reversed its stance by rejecting the assassination of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, in the latest annual human rights report issued by the US State Department endorsed the Israeli government’s version…
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US Republican senators urge FBI to shut probe into Shireen Abu Akleh’s death
A group of Republican senators in the United States (US) wrote to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Justice (DoJ) urging them to shut down their investigation into…
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Al-Jazeera submits slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s case to ICC
Qatari Al-Jazeera Media Network on Tuesday submitted the case of the assassination of Palestinian journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, by the Israeli occupation forces to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands.…
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Shireen Abu Akleh’s family welcome US probe into killing of journalist
The family of the Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Tuesday expressed their hopes that the United States (US) investigation into Akleh’s killing would be “independent, reliable and lead to justice,” and…
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Palestinian President challenges US to prosecute Shireen Abu Akleh’s killers
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday challenged the United States (US) to prosecute the killers of the Palestinian journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh and accused Israel of killing her. Abbas said before the 77th…
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Lawyers submit complaint to ICC over journalist Shireen’s murder
Lawyers representing the family of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh have submitted a complaint to the Office of the Public Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, calling for…
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UN renews demand for accountability for killers of slain journalist
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, reiterated the need to hold accountable those responsible for the assassination of Al-Jazeera journalist in Palestine, Shireen Abu Akleh. A spokesman for the Secretary-General,…
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Israeli PM rejects prosecuting soldier who likely shot Shireen Abu Akleh
Jerusalem: Israel’s prime minister on Wednesday said no one would “dictate our open-fire policies”, appearing to reject US calls for Israel to review its rules of engagement following the shooting death of…
