The hearing is a crucial opportunity to draw attention to Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people and to place these atrocities under international scrutiny.
“The massacre of journalists in Gaza, at least 79 of whom have been killed since 7 October, demands a determined response from the ICC. Only a thorough investigation will establish the immense extent of the war crimes against media professionals” – RSF
“In one telling sign of the climate of fear that prevails in Tajikistan, only two among the more than a dozen journalists, press freedom advocates, and experts that CPJ met with were willing to speak on the record.”