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The Violations of Media Freedoms in Palestine إﻧﺘﻬﺎﻛﺎت اﻟﺤﺮﻳﺎت اﻻﻋﻼﻣﻴﺔ ﻓﻲ ﻓﻠﺴﻄﻴﻦ اﻟﺘﻘﺮﻳﺮ اﻟﺴﻨﻮي 2015 صورة الغﻼف Photo by: Fadi Arouri بعدسة الصحفي فادي العاروري The violations إﻧﺘﻬﺎﻛﺎت of media freedoms اﻟﺤﺮﻳﺎت اﻻﻋﻼﻣﻴﺔ in Palestine ﻓﻲ ﻓﻠﺴﻄﻴﻦ Annual Report اﻟﺘﻘﺮﻳﺮ اﻟﺴﻨﻮي Palestinian Center for Development 2015 and Media Freedoms ا�ركز الفلسطيني للتنمية والحريات اﻹعﻼمية 2015 - During 2015 in Palestine of media freedoms violations The The violations of media freedoms in Palestine Annual Report 2015 Completed under the supervision of Mousa Rimawi Prepared and edited by Ghazi Bani Odeh Monitoring and documenting: Shireen Al-Khatib and Karem Nashwan Translation: Haya Alnatsha The violations of media freedoms in Palestine Annual Report 2015 © All rights reserved 2016 The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms MADA The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms “MADA” thanks the Open Society Foundations for their support in publishing the report Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................... 3 The Legal Environment ......................................................................................... 5 The violations of media freedoms in Palestine during 2015 ........................................... 7 Israeli Violations ................................................................................. 11 • Physical Assaults .................................................................................... 14 • The most dangerous violations .................................................................. 18 • Obscuring the image. The first aim behind the Israeli violations ........................ 19 • Killing Journalists ................................................................................... 20 • Human Shields ....................................................................................... 20 • Closing Media Outlets ............................................................................. 22 • Recommendations ................................................................................. 23 Palestinian Violations ...................................................................... 24 Palestinian Violations in West Bank ................................................................... 26 Palestinian Violations in Gaza Strip ................................................................... 27 Types of Palestinian Violations ......................................................................... 28 Killing ........................................................................................................ 29 Arrest ......................................................................................................... 30 Physical Assaults .......................................................................................... 32 Recommendations ....................................................................................... 35 Annex... (1)List of Media Martyrs since 2000 ............................................................. 37 Details of Violations 2015 .............................................................. 38 The violations of media freedoms 3 in Palestine during 2015 Introduction The violations of media freedoms in Palestine reached new peak during the year 2015 com- pared to what has been monitored and documented during the past years. The worst of these violations was the murder of a Palestinian Journalist in Gaza Strip by anonymous assail- ants, in a crime that its perpetrators have not been detected until the release of this report. In addition to the killing of media student by an Israeli occupation forces (IOF) while storming into Qalandia refugee camp in the West Bank. The Palestine center for development and media freedoms “MADA” monitored a total of 599 violations against the media freedoms during the year 2015, whereas the year 2014 has wit- nessed 465 violations (committed by the Israeli occupation and Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip). The number of violations registered in the year 2015 is considered as the highest ever to be monitored in Palestine since “MADA” center started monitoring the violations against media freedoms around a decade ago. The Israeli occupation committed the largest number of the most dangerous of all registered violations to reach the number of 407 violations, which is equivalent to 68% of the total vio- lations, while various Palestinian parties in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have committed a total of 192 violations, which is equivalent to 32% of the total violations. Journalists and media outlets faced fierce and wide practices of suppression by the Israeli Occupation during the last three months of the year 2015 interim the Palestinian folk rising, which erupted against the Israeli occupation early October. In comparison with the year 2014, the total number of violations (Israeli and Palestinian) against the media freedom in the West Bank and Gaza during the year 2015, increased by 134 points which is equivalent to 29%, bearing in mind that year 2014 has witnessed the worst and widest violations at all, which included the murder of 17 journalists and media personnel during the Israeli attack on Gaza Strip. Furthermore, in comparison with the year 2013 the total violations (Israeli and Palestinian) monitored against media freedoms in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the year 2015 is 370 points higher, which is equivalent to 162% with an average annual increase of 81%. On another level, the internal Palestinian division continues to be one of the key reasons behind the Palestinian violations against media freedoms in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Part of these violations occur as a result to internal political disputes, especially when it comes to the freedom of a media outlets affiliated to a certain party. The violations of media freedoms 5 in Palestine during 2015 The Legal Environment: The previous year did not witness any improvement concerning the legal environment in relation to the Palestinian media, rather than a step backward by approving the Higher Me- dia Council law on the 29th of December 2015 by President Mahmoud Abbas as “presidential decree” after having been acknowledged and submitted by the council of ministers on the 15th of December 2015. The law is unacceptable by all standards and measures as it enhances the control of the executive authority on media. The approving of the law came in a “surpris- ing and hurried” that raised our concerns and the various media and human rights circles, in relation to the independence of the media council from the executive authority in precise. The law’s publication has been suspended after a huge effort led by “MADA” and many other civil society organizations and journalists besides the head of the department of culture and information in the PLO Dr. Hanan Ashrawi. In the same context, the draft bill of the right to access information remains pending at the council of ministers for more than two years (end of 2013), as well as the audiovisual draft bill, whilst the Palestinian Journalist’s Syndicate announced the start of the preparations for the elections of the new general secretariat, noting that these elections were supposed to take place around one year ago (March 2015) due to the end of the legal term of the current secretariat . Globally, all organizations defending media freedoms around the world (despite the differ- ent numbers as a result to the different monitoring and documenting standards adopted by every organization) haven agreed that the year 2015 was the most severe on journalists and media freedoms in general around the world. Reporters without borders-RSF reported that in the year of 2015 they have counted the kill- ing of 110 professional journalists around the world in addition to another 54 professional journalists (among them one female) are still held as hostages (by the end of 2015), whereas the “Press Emblem Campaign” monitored the killing of 128 journalists. 6 The violations of media freedoms in Palestine during 2015 The violations of media freedoms in Palestine during 2015 The media freedoms in Palestine witnessed further deterioration during the year 2015, as an obvious increase in the number of violations against journalists and media outlets in the West Bank and Gaza strip has been recorded, in addition to the expansion of the circle and methods of repression, which has taken in many cases a more general manner that aims to exclude media and journalists from places of events. The total number of violations (Israeli and Palestinian) aiming at media freedoms in Palestine increased in the year 2015 by 134 points or by 29% compared to the numbers recorded in the previous year of 2014. The Palestinian center for development and media freedoms “MADA” monitored in 2015 a total of 599 violations against media freedoms and journalists, whereas the year 2014 has witnessed a total of 465 violations (committed by the Israeli occupation and the Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and Gaza). The number of violations documented in the year of 2015 is considered the highest ever to be monitored in Palestine since “MADA” center started documenting the violations against media freedoms around a decade ago. violations against journalists and media freedoms in Palestine in 2015 and previous years. 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 The violations of media freedoms 7 in Palestine during 2015 2015 violations according to their perpetrators Palestinian
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