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The Right Honourable Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel
Jerusalem, Israel
Dear Prime Minister,
We are writing on behalf of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers and the World Editors Forum, which represent 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries, to express our serious concern at the detention and proposed deportation of journalist Jared Malsin.
According to reports, Mr Malsin, editor-in-chief of the English-language section of the Bethlehem-based Ma’an News Agency and a US citizen, was returning to Israel from a trip to the Czech Republic when he was stopped by security services at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on 12 January. Mr Malsin was detained for “security reasons” and remains in custody pending a deportation hearing. The reasons cited for denying entry were “refusing to cooperate” and violating visa terms, although court documents showed that security services had compiled a dossier on his journalism “criticizing the State of Israel” and reports written “inside the [Palestinian] territories.”
Mr Malsin’s lawyer obtained an injunction preventing his planned expulsion on 14 January, and a hearing that was scheduled for 17 January was postponed.
We respectfully remind you that detaining and deporting Mr Malsin for carrying out his professional duties would constitute a clear breach of his right to freedom of expression, which is guaranteed by numerous international conventions, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 19 of the Declaration states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media, regardless of frontiers.”
We respectfully call on you to ensure that Mr Malsin is immediately released and allowed to carry out his professional duties free from interference. We also urge you to take all necessary steps to ensure that in future your country fully respects international standards of free expression.
We look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.
Yours sincerely,
Gavin O’Reilly
President
World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
Xavier Vidal-Folch
President
World Editors Forum
WAN-IFRA is the global organization for the world’s newspapers and news publishers, with formal representative status at the United Nations, UNESCO and the Council of Europe. The organization represents 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries.
Källa.
Prime Minister of Israel
Jerusalem, Israel
Dear Prime Minister,
We are writing on behalf of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers and the World Editors Forum, which represent 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries, to express our serious concern at the detention and proposed deportation of journalist Jared Malsin.
According to reports, Mr Malsin, editor-in-chief of the English-language section of the Bethlehem-based Ma’an News Agency and a US citizen, was returning to Israel from a trip to the Czech Republic when he was stopped by security services at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on 12 January. Mr Malsin was detained for “security reasons” and remains in custody pending a deportation hearing. The reasons cited for denying entry were “refusing to cooperate” and violating visa terms, although court documents showed that security services had compiled a dossier on his journalism “criticizing the State of Israel” and reports written “inside the [Palestinian] territories.”
Mr Malsin’s lawyer obtained an injunction preventing his planned expulsion on 14 January, and a hearing that was scheduled for 17 January was postponed.
We respectfully remind you that detaining and deporting Mr Malsin for carrying out his professional duties would constitute a clear breach of his right to freedom of expression, which is guaranteed by numerous international conventions, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 19 of the Declaration states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes the freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media, regardless of frontiers.”
We respectfully call on you to ensure that Mr Malsin is immediately released and allowed to carry out his professional duties free from interference. We also urge you to take all necessary steps to ensure that in future your country fully respects international standards of free expression.
We look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.
Yours sincerely,
Gavin O’Reilly
President
World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
Xavier Vidal-Folch
President
World Editors Forum
WAN-IFRA is the global organization for the world’s newspapers and news publishers, with formal representative status at the United Nations, UNESCO and the Council of Europe. The organization represents 18,000 publications, 15,000 online sites and over 3,000 companies in more than 120 countries.
Källa.
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