2014 'bloodiest' year for Palestinian media

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=754309

GAZA CITY (AFP) -- Last year was the deadliest ever for journalists working in the Palestinian territories, a Gaza-based watchdog said Thursday, months after a bloody war in the besieged enclave.

"2014 was a black year for freedom of the press in Palestine... and it was the worst and bloodiest," the Gaza Center for Press Freedom said in its annual report.

The report accused Israel of committing 295 separate "violations of press freedom" across the occupied Palestinian territories.

These resulted in the deaths of 17 journalists during the 50-day Gaza war in July-August, including that of an Italian photographer working for Associated Press.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

1. Balance...

Palestinian authorities also committed 82 violations of press freedom, including arresting or summoning 28 journalists, and injuring or assaulting 26 more.

[oberliner]

2. That's awful

Here's hoping for a 2015 without such violence.