Palestinian territories - Hamas journalists seize union headquarters in Gaza

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the forcible seizure of the Gaza headquarters of the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate (PJS) on 11 October by several dozen journalists affiliated to Hamas and the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine. As police looked on without intervening, the journalists took over the premises, evicted employees and confiscated their mobile phones. Proclaiming themselves as the union's new leadership, they said they wanted to hold internal elections (تمهيد (...)

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