Palestine: NUJ deplores killing of Al-Jazeera journalists
The Israeli government has admitted to killing five Al-Jazeera journalists and media workers in an airstrike on a tent outside the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza last night.
Palestine: Israeli forces extend closure of Al Jazeera office in the occupied West Bank
Shutdown of bureau lengthened again by court order.
Another journalist killed in Gaza as Al Jazeera suspended by Palestinian Authority
Continuation of threats to media freedom and journalists' safety in the region.
NUJ strongly condemns Israel's closure of Al Jazeera office in Ramallah
Soldiers conducted a raid on 22 September, seizing equipment and documents as they demanded the office shutdown.
Israel: Al Jazeera shutdown is dangerous and wrong
Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ general secretary, said: "Targeting Al Jazeera as the Israeli government has is a direct attack on free speech that brings shame on those responsible – I hope they will soon realise their error and reverse this decision.”
Israel: new law granting closure of foreign media outlets threatens media freedom
The NUJ has warned against the closure of Al Jazeera and other international media outlets, following passage of a bill by the Israeli government banning broadcasting of foreign media over threats to national security.
Israel: government to shut down critical media alleged to ‘undermine national security’
The Israeli government has approved a new regulation that will shut news channels which ‘damage national security’. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) urges Israel to review its decision in the name of media pluralism and the public’s right to know.
NUJ welcomes settlement in pay dispute with Al Jazeera
Planned strikes will no longer take place following the company's 4.5% pay offer to members in 2022 and 2023.
NUJ members vote for industrial action in pay dispute with Al Jazeera
After almost three years of no pay increase, NUJ members at Al Jazeera have voted 96.97 per cent in favour of industrial action and 100 per cent in favour of industrial action short of a strike.