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Journalists Sanctuary International has called on the International Criminal Court to investigate the assassination of Aljazeera’s Shireen Abu Ahkleh.
The organization says it concerns the apex court’s apparent lack of interest in a matter central to human rights and democracy.
In a statement issued Wednesday, August 16 from its Los Angeles office in California, founder and president of JSI, Latif Iddrisu appealed to the ICC to “demonstrate its commitment to the United Nations Article 19 which guarantees the freedom of opinion and expression”.
It also noted that anything short of securing accountability on this matter would amount to a treacherous stab in the chest of press freedom, journalism, and democracy.
The late Shireen Abu Ahkleh. (Picture Credit: EPA-EFE)
Read the full statement below.
