Reporters Without Borders condemned the failure to conduct an international investigation a month after the assassination of colleague Shireen Abu Aqleh, calling for international pressure to reveal the truth, while Jenin in the West Bank witnessed a pause to commemorate the assassination of the colleague.
Reporters Without Borders said in a report that a month after the assassination of our colleague Shireen Abu Aqleh, no independent international investigation had been conducted to reach the truth, which constitutes an additional failure to achieve justice for journalists.
The organization confirmed that although no actual investigation has been conducted so far into the killing of Shirin, the analyzes of experts from several organizations indicate that the Israeli occupation forces may have fired the bullet that killed her.
The Director-General of Reporters Without Borders, Christophe Deloire, said that the organization called for an independent international investigation after the killing of Sherine, while many world leaders called for a transparent investigation.
Delaware asked, "Where are we now after a month has passed? There is no United Nations investigation, and as soon as an Israeli investigation began, it ended."
"Everything must be done so that this unacceptable and intolerable crime is not forgotten," Deloire said, adding that it should not be accepted to see the investigation buried.
The Director-General of Reporters Without Borders indicated that countries that demand an investigation must pressure and not believe the hollow and degrading statements, as he described it.
Two days ago, Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories, said that the killing of Shireen Abu Aqleh is a war crime, during a seminar specially held in Rome in the presence of human rights defenders, international journalists and a number of Palestinian embassy officials.
This coincided with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki holding meetings at the headquarters of the International Criminal Court in The Hague with the president and members of the court. The minister announced that he had handed over to the court the results of the investigation into Shirin's assassination, which concluded that the crime amounted to a war crime.
Solidarity pause
On the other hand, a delegation from the city of Jerusalem and from within the Green Line organized a sit-down at the site of the assassination of our colleague Shireen Abu Aqleh in Jenin, in solidarity with the city and camp of Jenin, and to commemorate the one-month anniversary of the colleague's assassination.
Archbishop Atallah Hanna headed the delegation, which included journalists and families of the two martyrs, Ghufran, Rasna, and Aseel Asleh. The delegation also visited a number of homes of prisoners and martyrs in the governorate.
Archbishop Hanna stressed that the message from the visit is to denounce the crimes and continued aggression of the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people, to show solidarity with the families of the martyrs and prisoners, and to emphasize the unity of blood and destiny.