Israel now ranks among the world’s leading jailers of journalists. We don’t know why they’re behind bars
New statistics show a spike in the amount of journalists jailed in the country. To protect its democracy, Israel needs to be transparent about why members of the media are arrested.
https://theconversation.com/israel-now-ranks-among-the-worlds-leading-jailers-of-journalists-we-dont-know-why-theyre-behind-bars-221411Open linkView original on kbin.social
Oh, we definitively know WHY they are behind bars.
"All journalists we don't like are working for Hamas and using children as human shields!"
-Netanyahu probably
Yeah, what a dumb title.
The Conversation possibly sent journalists to investigate why journalists were being jailed but then they were jailed...
The Middle East's only democracy, their branding goes.
What a lark.
@PugJesus @LineNoise
Hamas hasn't allowed Gaza to vote in decades.
I'm well aware. That doesn't make Israel's authoritarian games any less heinous.