Photojournalist Ahmed Mukhtar Arrested in Expanding Meydan TV Case
August 29, 2025
CPJ Demands Independent Probe into the Killing of Five Journalists in Gaza Hospital Strike
August 29, 2025
August 29, 2025 – Palestine –
A rights group has revealed a sharp uptick in the detention of Palestinian journalists by Israeli occupation forces, underscoring deepening restrictions on press freedom amid escalating conflict. According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), as of August 29, 2025, a total of 55 Palestinian journalists are currently held in Israeli prisons. Among them, 50 were arrested since the onset of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, including one female journalist.
Further clarifying the detention landscape, a July 2, 2025, report by PPS noted that 22 of those journalists are being held under administrative detention—a legal mechanism that allows individuals to be detained without charge or trial, often based on undisclosed evidence. PPS added that detained journalists are routinely subjected to a range of human rights abuses, including torture, beatings, starvation, medical neglect, humiliation, and collective punishment.
This crackdown occurs against a backdrop of broader suppression of media freedoms—including arbitrary arrests, legal harassment under vague charges like “incitement,” censorship, and the lethal targeting of journalists in Gaza—resulting in what has become the deadliest conflict for media workers worldwide.
Reference –
Rights group: 55 Palestinian journalists detained in Israeli occupation prisons
Related posts
A Palestinian youth takes pictures with his telephone during an anti-Hamas protest, calling for an end to the war with Israel, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on March 26, 2025. Demonstrators carrying banners were seen marching in Gaza City and the town of Beit Lahia in the north of the territory, more than a week after the Israeli army resumed its bombing campaign following nearly two months of a truce. (Photo by AFP) / The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by - has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [on March 26, 2025] instead of [on April 26, 2025]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.
