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Israel now ranks among the world’s leading jailers of journalists. We don’t know why they’re behind bars (theconversation.com)

submitted 8 months ago by LineNoise@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social

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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.

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[–] Kir@feddit.it 17 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Oh, we definitively know WHY they are behind bars.

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 7 points 8 months ago

"All journalists we don't like are working for Hamas and using children as human shields!"

-Netanyahu probably

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah, what a dumb title.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

The Conversation possibly sent journalists to investigate why journalists were being jailed but then they were jailed...