Detainees’ institutions (the Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, and Addameer Association for Prisoner Care and Human Rights) said on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day[1], which falls today, Wednesday, May 3 of each year, that the Israeli occupation authorities continue to detain (16) Journalists are in its prisons, four of whom are under administrative detention.

The institutions added, in a report issued today, that the occupation authorities are pursuing a number of policies to restrict freedom of opinion and expression[2] and to impose more censorship and control over the Palestinians, as part of the tools of the apartheid regime, most notably the policy of arrest, intimidation, house arrest, and repeated attacks in the square. the job; This is in a continuous attempt to undermine their societal, cultural, and political role, and to prevent them from exposing the ongoing crimes against the Palestinians.

The past year was the most prominent station in crimes and violations against journalists. The assassination of the martyr journalist, Sherine Abu Aqleh, was the most prominent crime that the world witnessed, which was accompanied by the occupation’s attempt to mislead by fabricating several accounts of her murder. This day coincides with the approaching second anniversary of her martyrdom on May 11. Last year, in addition to the killing of journalist Ghufran Warasneh.

The institutions said: In light of the escalation of aggression against our people since the beginning of last year, which is the bloodiest year in more than 20 years, the occupation has also escalated the volume of attacks and violations against journalists.