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August 28, 2025 – Belgium/Palestine –
approximately 400 journalists and citizens gathered at Mont des Arts in Brussels to voice their support for Palestinian media workers who have been killed while reporting from Gaza. Organized collaboratively by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS), the Belgian AJP‑VVJ, and the UK‑Ireland NUJ, the demonstration aimed to honour the memory of the 219 journalists who have died since the Gaza conflict began on 7 October 2023.
The event featured 44 journalists reading aloud the names of their fallen colleagues, followed by moments of silence. Among the speakers, yousef Habash, president of PJS‑Europe, condemned the violence, stating that “journalists are killed every day” and asserting that the European Union’s inaction makes it complicit in their deaths. Belgian filmmaker and journalist Thierry Michel added poignantly that although journalists may be killed, “the truth cannot” — underscoring the vital role these individuals play in documenting war.
IFJ General Secretary Anthony Bellanger condemned the continued impunity shielding Israel, decried restrictions preventing foreign correspondents from entering Gaza, and pleaded for global solidarity with those reporting from the conflict zone.
The vigil occurred amid a deadly surge in journalist fatalities. In mid‑August alone, several journalists were killed in an airstrike on a press tent and in an attack on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis that claimed five more lives.
Attendees emphatically called on the European Union and its member states to take immediate action—specifically demanding that foreign journalists be allowed into Gaza to provide independent reporting and insisting on EU leadership in halting what they termed a “mediacide.”
In summary, the Brussels vigil was a powerful act of solidarity and a public outcry demanding accountability. Journalistic organizations displayed unity and resolve in the face of ceaseless threats to media freedom in Gaza—asserting that truth, though silenced on the ground, will continue to be spoken through collective action.
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Belgium: Solidarity action with Gazan journalists unites 400 in urgent call for EU action
