{"id":198856,"date":"2007-05-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=198856"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:40:47","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:40:47","slug":"auto-insert-198856","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-198856\/","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO Director-General condemns murder of 2 Palestinian media workers in Gaza City – UN news item"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UNESCO chief condemns murder of 2 Palestinian media workers in Gaza City<\/strong> <\/p><\/div>\n

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18 May 2007 <\/i>– <\/i>The Director-General of the United Nations Educationa, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today called for an investigation into the killing of two Palestinians working at a newspaper in Gaza City earlier this month. <\/p><\/div>\n

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“I condemn the murder of Suleiman Abdul-Rahim al-Ashi and Mohammad Matar Abdo,” <\/span>said<\/a> <\/span>Koïchiro Matsuura. “Killing journalists and media workers is not just a crime against individual people but an attack on society’s right to be informed – it is also an attack against the basic human right of freedom of expression,” he declared. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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“I trust the Palestinian authorities will investigate these crimes and bring their perpetrators to justice,” said Mr. Matsuura. <\/p><\/div>\n

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“I also urge the Palestinian presidency and Government to do their utmost to ensure respect for freedom of the press, an indispensable condition for the development of a democratic Palestinian society and for the improvement of the living conditions of the Palestinian people.” <\/p><\/div>\n

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According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, on 13 May gunmen wearing presidential guard uniforms shot Abdul-Rahim al-Ashi, and Mohammad Matar Abdo who were in a taxi in a high security area southwest of Gaza City. <\/p><\/div>\n

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Abdul-Rahim al-Ashi, was an economics editor for the Hamas-affiliated daily Palestine, and Mohammad Matar Abdo was responsible for the paper’s distribution.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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