Two Al Jazeera journalists held by Israeli authorities since 30 June

Reporters Without Borders condemns the detention of two journalists employed by the Qatar-based satellite TV station Al Jazeera, who were aboard the “Spirit of Humanity”, a ship carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, when it was intercepted by the Israeli navy on 30 June. “Othman Abufalah and Mansour Al-Abi were aboard the ‘Spirit of Humanity' as journalists, not for activist reasons,” Reporters Without Borders said. “They must be freed at once.” The ship, which was chartered by the Free (...)

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