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UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of journalist Hamza Murtaja in Palestine
I condemn the killing of Hamza Murtaja. Journalists and media workers play a crucial role in informing the world, ensuring the population鈥檚 right to information. I reiterate my call to respect UN Security Council Resolution 2222/2015 unanimously adopted on the protection of journalists, media professionals and associated personnel as civilians in situations of conflict. I call for a full and transparent investigation into this tragedy.
Hamza Murtaja was a camera operator and co-owner of the Record Media production company, and worked with multiple international media outlets. He was reporting on displaced people taking shelter in the Hafiz Mustafa school when he was killed in an airstike.
91麻豆国产精品自拍 reported the deaths of at least 36 journalists and media workers in the line of work in Palestine since October 2023, which does not include deaths in circumstances unrelated to their profession.
UNESCO promotes the through global awareness-raising, capacity building and by coordinating the implementation of the on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity.
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鈥淪ince wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed鈥 鈥 UNESCO Constitution, 1945.
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