Itanagar, Oct 12 (UNI) The Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists (APUWJ) on Saturday organised a solidarity vigil in support of Palestinian journalists and media workers killed by Israel.
The APUWJ members gathered at the Arunachal Press Club (APC) here to express global vigil, and grieve and stand in solidarity with the fallen comrades of Palestine.
Condemning the systematic killing of journalists in Gaza, APUWJ president Amar Sangno said in the last 12 months of war between Israel and Palestine, Israeli forces killed at least 130 Palestinian journalists and media workers in Gaza since the war started on October 7, 2023.
The Israeli attacks also left four Israeli, five Lebanese and one Syrian journalists dead, several injured and several others missing since the war broke out in Gaza.
“Our grief knows no border, as we express our shared grief and outrage on what happened with our fellow journalists during the war,” Sangno said.
APUWJ joined with its affiliate International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Indian Journalists Union (IJU), in solidarity with the Palestinian journalists and urged Israel to stop killing journalists.
On October 10, IFJ called upon its affiliates across the world to organise solidarity actions to support Palestinian journalists wherever possible “so that journalism in Gaza lives and survives”.
IFJ has been working closely with its affiliate, Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), to verify any information regarding the safety, war reporting and killing of the journalists.
Of the 140 deaths, many of them were killed at home, in their apartments, because they no longer have a newsroom in Gaza to fulfil their responsibility of informing the public.
IFJ, in a message to its affiliates, asked to organise a vigil to support Palestinian journalists and media workers by sharing photos and videos on social media using the hashtag #SupportPalestinianJournalists, and changing individual profile pictures on social media accounts to tell Israel to stop killing journalists and honour those who have lost their lives in the last 12 months of war.
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