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

https://theconversation.com/israel-now-ranks-among-the-worlds-leading-jailers-of-journalists-we-dont-know-why-theyre-behind-bars-221411

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 · 24 pts · 2y (3 replies)

Oh, we definitively know WHY they are behind bars.

snooggums@kbin.social · 10 pts · 2y

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

-Netanyahu probably

ivanafterall@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y

Yeah, what a dumb title.

Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y

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

PugJesus@kbin.social · 13 pts · 2y (2 replies)

The Middle East's only democracy, their branding goes.

What a lark.

TruthSandwich@mastodon.social · 0 pts · 2y (1 reply)

@PugJesus @LineNoise

Hamas hasn't allowed Gaza to vote in decades.

PugJesus@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y

I'm well aware. That doesn't make Israel's authoritarian games any less heinous.