(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Cairo Jumada II 3 1437 Mar 12 2016 SPA -- Arab Journalists Union today expressed profound concern over a series of criminal and brutal measures imposed by Israeli occupational forces against Palestinian media and journalists citing its closure of the headquarters of "Palestine Today" channel recently and the arrest of its director and staff in occupied Palestine.
In a statement the Union said the Israeli breaches against journalists and media aims at quelling the voice of Palestine from reaching the free world a matter contradicts with freedom of expression international law and Geneva Convention.
The statement held the Israeli authorities responsible of what might happen to Palestinian journalists including killing kidnapping and arrest or demolition of media facilities.
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03:44 LOCAL TIME 00:44 GMT
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