Countries struggled to respond to Israel’s killing of journalists: emails
Summary
A group of countries, called the Media Freedom Coalition, had difficulty responding quickly to the killing of six Palestinian journalists in Gaza due to disagreements among its members. The coalition managed to release a statement condemning violence against journalists almost two weeks after the incident. Not all member countries, including the United States and South Korea, signed the statement.Key Facts
- The Media Freedom Coalition is made up of 51 member countries.
- The coalition issued a statement on August 21 condemning violence against journalists in Gaza.
- An Israeli drone strike killed four Al Jazeera journalists and two other media workers last month.
- Only 16 member countries responded by an initial deadline to join the statement.
- In the end, 21 countries, including Sweden, the UK, Canada, Australia, and France, signed the statement.
- More than half of the coalition's members, such as the US, South Korea, Argentina, and the Maldives, did not sign.
- The statement was general and did not mention specific events due to differing views among members.
- The delay was partly because countries wanted to quickly release a united statement.
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