Open letter from media and press freedom organizations on Gaza access

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:

  1. Actualite.cd
  2. Agence France-Presse
  3. Agência Pública
  4. Al Araby Al Jadeed
  5. Al Jazeera Center of Public Liberties & Human Rights
  6. Al-Masdar Online
  7. Alternative Press Syndicate
  8. Amazônia Real
  9. Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ)
  10. ARTICLE 19
  11. Asia Pacific Report
  12. Associated Press
  13. Association of Foreign Press Correspondents
  14. Bahrain Press Association
  15. Birama Konaré, Joliba
  16. BirGun Daily
  17. Brecha
  18. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
  19. Bulatlat
  20. CamboJA
  21. Casbah Tribune
  22. Cedar Centre for Legal Studies (CCLS)
  23. Center for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro (CIN-CG)
  24. Eastern Africa Editors Society
  25. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
  26. Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT)
  27. Confidencial.digital
  28. Connectas
  29. Daraj Media
  30. Dawn newspaper
  31. De Último Minuto
  32. Delfino.CR
  33. Deník Referendum
  34. Digital Radio-télévision DRTV
  35. Droub
  36. Efecto Cocuyo
  37. Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)
  38. El Ciudadano
  39. El Diario de Hoy
  40. El Espectador
  41. El Faro
  42. El Mostrador
  43. El Sol de México
  44. El Universal
  45. elDiarioAR
  46. ENASS
  47. Équipe Média
  48. European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)
  49. European Broadcasting Union
  50. Eyewitness Media Group
  51. Financial Times
  52. Forbidden Stories
  53. Foreign Press Association (London)
  54. Foreign Press Association (Israel/Palestinian Territories)
  55. Foundation for Investigative Journalism – FIJ
  56. France 24
  57. Free Press Unlimited
  58. Front Page Africa
  59. GabonClic.info
  60. Geneva Health Files
  61. Geo News
  62. Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)
  63. Global Reporting Centre
  64. Guineematin.com
  65. Haaretz
  66. 7amleh - The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media
  67. Hildebrandt en sus trece
  68. HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement
  69. Independent Television News
  70. Inkyfada
  71. International News Safety Institute (INSI)
  72. International Press Institute (IPI)
  73. IWACU
  74. Klix.ba
  75. L’Alternative
  76. L’Événement
  77. La Voix de Djibouti
  78. Le Jour
  79. Le Monde
  80. Le Reporter
  81. Le Temps
  82. Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH)
  83. Luat Khoa
  84. Mada Masr
  85. Mail & Guardian
  86. Malaysiakini
  87. Mekong Review
  88. MediaTown
  89. MENA Rights Group
  90. Mizzima Media
  91. Mullithivu Press Club
  92. Muwatin Media Network
  93. Monte Carlo Doualiya (MCD)
  94. National Public Radio (NPR)
  95. New Bloom Magazine
  96. Nord Sud Quotidien
  97. OC Media
  98. Organización Editorial Mexicana
  99. People Daily
  100. Photon Media
  101. Plan V
  102. Prachatai
  103. Premium Times
  104. Pressafrik
  105. Prospect Magazine
  106. Pulitzer Center
  107. Rádio Ecclesia
  108. Radio Universidad de Chile
  109. Radio France Internationale (RFI)
  110. Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
  111. Rory Peck Trust
  112. SMEX
  113. SMN24MEDIA
  114. Society of Professional Journalists
  115. Stabroek News
  116. Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression, SCM
  117. Taz – die tageszeitung
  118. Tempo Digital
  119. The Globe and Mail
  120. The Independent
  121. The Intercept Brasil
  122. The Legal Agenda
  123. The Magnet
  124. The Nairobi Law Monthly
  125. The New Arab
  126. The Point
  127. The Reckoning Project
  128. The Shift
  129. The Wire
  130. The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA)
  131. TV Slovenia
  132. Twala.info
  133. Unnu.news
  134. Vikalpa
  135. Wattan Media Network
  136. Woz – die Wochenzeitung

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