June 06, 2025

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We, the undersigned, call for immediate, independent, and unrestricted international media access to Gaza and for full protection of journalists who continue to report under siege.
For 20 months, the Israeli authorities have refused to grant journalists outside of Gaza independent access to the Palestinian territory – a situation that is without precedent in modern warfare. Local journalists, those best positioned to tell the truth, face displacement and starvation. To date, nearly 200 journalists have been killed by the Israeli military. Many more have been injured and face constant threats to their lives for doing their jobs: bearing witness. This is a direct attack on press freedom and the right to information.
We understand the inherent risks in reporting from war zones. These are risks that many of our organizations have taken over decades in order to investigate, document developments as they occur, and understand the impacts of war.
At this pivotal moment, with renewed military action and efforts to resume the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza, it is vital that Israel open Gaza’s borders for international journalists to be able to report freely and that Israel abides by its international obligations to protect journalists as civilians. We call on world leaders, governments, and international institutions to act immediately to ensure this.
Signed by:
- Actualite.cd
- Agence France-Presse
- Agência Pública
- Al Araby Al Jadeed
- Al Jazeera Center of Public Liberties & Human Rights
- Al-Masdar Online
- Alternative Press Syndicate
- Amazônia Real
- Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ)
- ARTICLE 19
- Asia Pacific Report
- Associated Press
- Association of Foreign Press Correspondents
- Bahrain Press Association
- Birama Konaré, Joliba
- BirGun Daily
- Brecha
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- Bulatlat
- CamboJA
- Casbah Tribune
- Cedar Centre for Legal Studies (CCLS)
- Center for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro (CIN-CG)
- Eastern Africa Editors Society
- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
- Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT)
- Confidencial.digital
- Connectas
- Daraj Media
- Dawn newspaper
- De Último Minuto
- Delfino.CR
- Deník Referendum
- Digital Radio-télévision DRTV
- Droub
- Efecto Cocuyo
- Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
- El Ciudadano
- El Diario de Hoy
- El Espectador
- El Faro
- El Mostrador
- El Sol de México
- El Universal
- elDiarioAR
- ENASS
- Équipe Média
- European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
- European Broadcasting Union
- Eyewitness Media Group
- Financial Times
- Forbidden Stories
- Foreign Press Association (London)
- Foreign Press Association (Israel/Palestinian Territories)
- Foundation for Investigative Journalism – FIJ
- France 24
- Free Press Unlimited
- Front Page Africa
- GabonClic.info
- Geneva Health Files
- Geo News
- Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)
- Global Reporting Centre
- Guineematin.com
- Haaretz
- 7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media
- Hildebrandt en sus trece
- HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement
- Independent Television News
- Inkyfada
- International News Safety Institute (INSI)
- International Press Institute (IPI)
- IWACU
- Klix.ba
- L’Alternative
- L’Événement
- La Voix de Djibouti
- Le Jour
- Le Monde
- Le Reporter
- Le Temps
- Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH)
- Luat Khoa
- Mada Masr
- Mail & Guardian
- Malaysiakini
- Mekong Review
- MediaTown
- MENA Rights Group
- Mizzima Media
- Mullithivu Press Club
- Muwatin Media Network
- Monte Carlo Doualiya (MCD)
- National Public Radio (NPR)
- New Bloom Magazine
- Nord Sud Quotidien
- OC Media
- Organización Editorial Mexicana
- People Daily
- Photon Media
- Plan V
- Prachatai
- Premium Times
- Pressafrik
- Prospect Magazine
- Pulitzer Center
- Rádio Ecclesia
- Radio Universidad de Chile
- Radio France Internationale (RFI)
- Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
- Rory Peck Trust
- SMEX
- SMN24MEDIA
- Society of Professional Journalists
- Stabroek News
- Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression, SCM
- Taz – die tageszeitung
- Tempo Digital
- The Globe and Mail
- The Independent
- The Intercept Brasil
- The Legal Agenda
- The Magnet
- The Nairobi Law Monthly
- The New Arab
- The Point
- The Reckoning Project
- The Shift
- The Wire
- The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)
- TV Slovenia
- Twala.info
- Unnu.news
- Vikalpa
- Wattan Media Network
- Woz – die Wochenzeitung