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South African Journalists Protest Against the Murder of Palestinian Reporters
The march demanded an end to media bans in Gaza and highlighted that over 200 media workers have been killed since October 2023, organizers said.
- On Aug. 17, South African journalists and media workers led a march in Sea Point, Cape Town, calling for greater protection for Palestinian journalists in Gaza and expressing solidarity with their slain colleagues.
- After an Aug. 10 airstrike that killed five Al Jazeera correspondents and a freelance journalist outside Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital, a march followed a vigil outside Al Jazeera's Johannesburg offices earlier this month.
- A group of 25 veteran journalists endorsed a solidarity letter, and Aziz Bakr read the final words of Anas al-Sharif during the march with more than 2,000 participants.
- Protesters demanded that media organisations denounce Israel’s actions as a 'war crime' and call for the release of Palestinian journalists detained in Gaza and the West Bank.
- Since October 2023, Israel has killed 269 journalists in Gaza, according to Al Jazeera, and over 190 by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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South African journalists march for protection of Gaza colleagues
CAPE TOWN, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- South African journalists and media workers led a march in Sea Point, Cape Town, on Sunday, calling for greater protection for Palestinian journalists in Gaza and expressing solidarity with their slain colleagues. Read full story
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SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-GAZA JOURNALISTS-PROTEST
(250818) -- CAPE TOWN, Aug. 18, 2025 (Xinhua) -- People attend a protest march led by South African journalists and media workers in Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa, on Aug. 17, 2025. TO GO WITH "South African journalists march for protection of Gaza colleagues" (Photo by Shakirah Thebus/Xinhua)
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