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sorry, i'm just checking some notes here as well. i've got some known. i've got another name which i've been looking for. so given a daddy is our correspondent who was assaulted and handcuffed and arrested by israeli forces her cameraman. no. beale, mazili had his. he hasn't been arrested as far as i know, but he certainly had his camera equipment. take it. there was pictures he had them taken and smashed on the ground. that's as far as we be concerned as well. so that was nearby miss alley. and javan. but daddy who has been arrested, we have nothing further on why. other than that they have said, these are the police and said she was harassing security forces, which could be open to all sorts of interpretation. her elsa, we got on the phone. we have got maddie, m a c, c, a palestinian human rights activist on the line from occupied east jerusalem. i was
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talking to you only 24 hours ago. mariam. you done the the run from check off to fill. want to try again. you talked about the tension that existed then you i believe have been arrested yourself by the israelis, the full yes i was, i stood like less than a month ago for doing what for just standing against the ethnic cleansing, taking place in chicago. so you didn't do, i guess the point i'm trying to make sure that you didn't do anything specific because java alger and lift has been accused of harassing security forces. could that i mean, that could mean anything right there and they would get accusation. they would give an accusation they want, but when they came to i didn't, you bought it. i was that that was what they were saying is that you're not allowed to credit. you are not allowed to use your funds and they started confiscating
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forms like not only you, but they started compensating phones from the people protesting and standing there saying that you're not allowed to go to him. you're not the last big videos. and, and she was, she's a prayer, she's like the candidate, a man who was motto, they broke his cabinet and then and then they edited you bought or they grew to the they dragged in the street. they were kicking her while she was, they were, it was pretty brutal and like they were totally in the way they treated with, with us. like we couldn't do anything. we could other people with you via the one who refused to give their phone. but they said like, we don't, we don't want you to know what's going on. we don't want you to take video of what's going on. so yeah, that's what's happening and,
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and they start kicking out of the neighborhood. but we, we keep, we find ways to come back again and that's what's happening now. we're still protesting here. they will learn from time to time. they will come, give me the router, do you drag us away? but we keep on protesting, we keep on waiting, and she will the issues of 46 belgians from check that it's still before the court . susan said it's not, nothing's been decided. so as far as anyone's concerns, the families who live in checks at all, and the people, the journalists who come there and work there are all very much allowed to still be there, right? sorry, i didn't hear your question. i guess i'm just trying to point out, but the, the issue to do with check at all the full expulsion. it's still, it's still before the court. nothing has been decided. people, people haven't been thrown out yet, so they're allowed to be there. and they,
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and the media is allowed to offer right there. exactly. and basically it's just a little each month for around a month now. and then, and without like a course decision, like they call it a court decision, which is illegal. you cannot deny people from entering or moving in fact that on country and so on inside their own neighborhood, you cannot deny their movement. you cannot control it. so it's in the good what they're doing that they are keeping the neighborhood under siege. but, but basically, yeah, it's been for one month i think that they are doing, you know, the keeping the are you think suppose they are post pointing again and again the course the court decision in order to let the people like how to say it's like, give up give look the case and like basically this place people from, she said,
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well, when people are already it's done with processing or whatever, especially internationally because you, i think, you know, that international people were processing in many countries and in many cities around the world and and yeah, you want to think that it's something, but it's still going. the are just postponing the court decision in order to, to, to, to, to let us as this give up to let's, we will not give us as just a minute to let the world give up on our case. and this is why the campus getting for the confiscating anyone who is taking video of the brutality of what's going on lunch because they don't want the work to know at to see what's happening. and she can run because we like the propaganda. and then you polish, we actually, we don't have a poet for representative of our stories and oh,
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it voices. so we use that's individually. we use it through our phone and through our canada. and so the producers like, like, and presenters like audio. this is why they want to silence. i will keep the silence. i will code to silence us, but they will not. thank you, maria. i'm a fee fee, as a se, spoken to you twice in 24 hours now to do with unrest in checks that are thank you for your time and for your perspective. they're a reminder of what you're seeing on screen. the arrest of an al jazeera journalist in front of live cameras by is ready for says her name is javan godaddy. and she was assaulted and handcuffed and dragged to a police station by is ready military forces there for no apparent reason. other than that, she had been off to show her id,
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which she said was in the car. she went to get it and things turned to generate a very, very quickly from there, into the pictures that you've been looking at. what i've done made outside that police station now in occupied east jerusalem, bring us up to date order well, devise inside this building here behind me, she is with her lawyer. so we should expect him to come up at some point. as you tell us what's going on with her now, i did speak soon to be bizarre. is the camera man who was on duty with her today and sheriff and actually think went much quicker than what i was reporting earlier . the says that they came to her, the israeli forces came to a after for her id, she said it was in the car, and then he told me he told me in the very quickly they pushed her against the wall
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. they handcuffed her and they grabbed her and they pulled her that way that we have the video immediately here to the police station. so from what the bill is telling me, she didn't even have the time to go to the car to get her flex card. but she was way at the flak jacket, that security jacket that most journalists where because it can become so dangerous specifically when they are palestinian protesters, they're in solidarity of those being evicted. so she was wearing her flak jacket. it said clearly pressed the fund. clearly press at the back, she wasn't doing anything she was standing in the middle of the road and then all of that unfolded very quickly. okay, thanks for now. obviously just give us a way for let the team in the control room know if you get any more information or
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indeed if you are a lawyer, it does come out on belief. he wasn't initially allowed access to her at the police station, but has since been and we just wait to hear something more. we want some facts other than hearing that through a police statement that she apparently was harassing security forces. we have absolutely no more specifics than that. oh, bringing sabrina. been alley now who is the spokes person for reporters without borders? in paris today, your initial reaction sabrina. where reporters without borders denounces the clear struggle to the right to inform the to declare violation of press freedom. because the journalist was clearly recognizable as she was wearing a breast bench. and there is a clear wheel from the 14th to prevent journalists from doing their job. and from reporting of the brown,
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we think that big images were very shocking of the breach ality and this is query unacceptable. and if the journalist is jill, you will be the 14th journalist should be due by the operative because we are all the 13 journalist and you know, sitting by these are the huge with unclear charges. usually it's incitement against israel and with the recourse of the administrative detention exempt these early the ease review for youth from giving official charges and it allows them to prolonged the pension again and again. and they are all there jewel is just like her who can be to change very long, very long monk mountain love. and there is her place is certainly not angel, but she should pretty sight as
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a drill others. and the report was occurring on the ground. it's clear it's faculty right to inform us. it's surprise you at all that we actually end up watching these things happen in real time. i guess the point i'm making is that there is no, if it's by those police or military forces to hide what they're doing. yes, they are quite happily handcuffing. a journalist man handling her, taking her away in front of live cameras, absolutely beat the images were very shocking and disconnect plain, but what i told you about the administrative retention because with this tool be, is really just to scan and then draw it to jail with no official charge, it means that they can be kept in jail again and again, and they can stay in jail and the, in the meantime, pretty much report. and the fact is that really, you worry,
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teeth don't have, are not forced to provide you know, the, all the marching of the, of the arrest, the say that it is linked with is there any intelligence and it should be just confidential. so this is why i can take more and more, and in the meantime, drama missed address prevented from doing their job. and i told you now, 13, always drill with pinion, drimmers, who are in jail at the moment, and with no official charge. like last week, for example, to drill and it's from a coffee, a tv were arrested and now they are in a new 3 to detention for, in strike mon charges. but it's not very clear and they will be kept in jail again and again. and we know that it's a usual process and they are all the julian. just play that and thinking about
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a human we who went on the hunger strike because he was protesting this arbitrary detention through chic. unfortunately, she's not an isolated keith. sabrina, we from reported to that borders. thank you so much for your time. we really do appreciate it. we've actually got a number of guests lined up. if you can all hear me at the moment, thank you for your patience. i want to get through to all of you and i know some of you hanging on the line there for quite a while. so thank you for your patience. i will go to mohammed occurred 1st palestinian riser, who's on the phone from occupied east jerusalem. you very vocal about what's been happening in check kara with regards to the threat of force evictions. how do you feel about the press being targeted? like yeah, yes, i think what's happening with daddy and
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i think the israeli occupation forces have made it clear that anybody who dares to document what's going on in sales at all or other neighborhoods that are fixing destructive ethnic cleansing will be punished. and it's clear that there's really government, those right occupation already have no good spec or journalist. what's the other paramedics whatsoever? you know, you're lucky if you get assaulted and you're an american journalist, you might get an apology from those really police. but when you're healthy and journalists like you bought, or you're not paid any of us. and we've seen this that 2 days ago, 3 days ago with some of the other journalists, we see this every day. there's a m, i says my, one of my friends actually is a filmmaker and she was arrested and is now on house arrest for filming a soldier, beating a palestinian boy in the master's gate. so this targeting of helping in journalism access to stomach and widespread is in a situation where regardless of where it is,
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whether it is in israel proper, whether it is in occupied east jerusalem or any contested area that be israeli police. or in this case, military forces can simply make up the rules as they go. and they can say, actually, you will have wrestling us just by standing there. so we can arrest you. i'm very much saying that's not right, but is that just the way that they operate? yeah, i mean just to correct a little bit of the language, i don't believe this is contested area contested area or israel public and all of it is occupied polish trying. okay. answer your question. yes, we're pretty much under we're pretty much under military rule and we get charges or fabricated accusations or fabricated and they can arrest us for anything. i know people get arrested for one of my friends that are arrested for spinning on the ground bullets that louis was passing by. i almost got arrested or even talking to us or to us all during the day did not appreciate. so make you have the roles is
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a great is a great phrase. yeah, i think that's correct. mohammed, thank you for your time mohammed ocurred, a palestinian writer who is on the phone there from occupied east jerusalem. if you are just joining us. $1745.00 gmc on al jazeera, uncommon, santa maria, continuing coverage of be arrest of one of our own out 0 jonas, javan. but daddy who has been arrested, detained by israeli forces without any charge. the only reason and i'm using that word very loosely given is that she was harassing security forces. back is what these ready police and these are the pictures of it happening in front of the media . the cameras, the c giovanni. they are being handcuffed and taken away, taken to a police station where she was denied access to her lawyer initially. but he is now with her and we're hoping to hear something from him shortly. we have a correspondent outside the police station in jerusalem. in the meantime,
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we're getting plenty of reaction from all over the world, and we're now going to speak to barbara 3 on fi, i'm sorry. i think i've got your name. right. yes. john fi is the executive director of the international press institute. barbara, thank you for your time on skype from vienna. it's just not right. is it journalist simply trying to do their jobs and being accused of harassing security forces? no, it is. it is up to me a calling and we are shocked by the rest of the bar around the area. and of course, we call for immediate release. but unfortunately, we have seen a lot of target that attack against join, at least by days re the forces throughout the past week each month. and so this is unfortunately not an isolated case. and you become very, very dangerous to operate and to cover the news in,
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in the region and in jerusalem. and, and, and in particular, at the time when the cry is, is such that the world needs to understand what is happening. so really deep. this type of behavior by day 3, the 4th of is absolutely not acceptable. and i must say, it has received condemnation, not only from a number of international bodies like the international price institute, but also very much so by the israeli, by the 10 of the base union for joining in israel itself. so it is really not acceptable journalist protected in many ways simply just by freedom of the press. if you want to just put it that way. why is it then? do you think that there is such a blatant opposition to this? the fact that in this case we are even watching is ready forces do this on camera with. i think we could go so far as to say impunity. absolutely,
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and unfortunately this is something that we see often happening in particularly when they're attention. when there is a political crisis, when the reason ongoing conflict and the 4th of these on the ground, they believe that had a blanket, a possibility to, to do whatever they think is appropriate and very much and very often be mean to control the information to control the media message. so in spite of very clear international standards that also specify that journalists are independent observers and obviously should not, should be treat that it's not should not be harassed and hindered in their effort to cover the news independently. we see the authorities ignoring that in many countries and ease read these railey forces. unfortunately, have been a case recently. how do we hold these governments and
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forces to account who has to do that? and i'm not just talking about israel in this case because there are journalists to a threatened and arrested all over the world. how do we hold them to account? because unfortunate. we see it just keeps happening. yeah. and you think becoming increasingly difficult to hold them to account usually what, what used to work with has been working in some cases is international pressure, including diplomatic, bi, lateral pressure, which unfortunately is not as strong as it used to be. you know, the, the, the statement issue to, to buy international bodies, both from the government side to like the un, un level, but also from the non government side like i p i, as well as bi lateral statement diplomatic relation that these novel somehow do somehow is the only weapon that we have is the only tool that we have to hold
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authorities accountable. and indeed, has been weakened by the fact that the number of governments around the world have become violators off press freedom. that's all the throughout the pandemic throughout the cove. it crisis, it has become increasingly accept that worldwide to use state power to control is that the controls the media message. so there is any growing acceptance that during a crisis the, the message needs to be controlled by the government, which means the pressing, independent media or so through actions like what is the arrest, the author joining like you are. and, and this is obviously, it is problematic because it is time and says a journal if you are in the specific case. but it also stands as chilling effects to all our joint and it's working into regions. so this is generating self censorship,
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and this is the most concerning aspect of all this fabric transfer from the international press institute in vienna. thank you so much for your time. we do appreciate it. it's thankful. so the pictures you're seeing on the right hand side of the screen from shakes. jetta and occupied east jerusalem. a smashed tv camera on the ground. belonging to not be missouri. ali al jazeera cameraman, who was working with the reporter javan. a booty in chick jetta. earlier this saturday, probably about 22 and a half hours ago by now. and she was asked to show her id. she said she would go and get it. this was the result. is ready, police arresting her, taking her to a police car and on to a police station. no reason, given other than and it's barely a reason that she was apparently harassing security forces. that's what the israeli
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police statement was, that they had arrested one woman and one man for harassing security forces. what that means, we don't know. so if anyone from the israeli police or governments or any authorities is watching now and wants to explain that, please get in touch with us. we would love to speak to you and find out exactly what javan ben daddy did, which warranted her arrest. she is in a police station in jerusalem right now some of these pictures that have come in from mobile phones as well. you can see there very clearly. she think she's being man handled by the police there by the security for neuro de palestinian political activist who we spoke to on the phone a little bit earlier. i think we can even see her now on scott this she is from ramallah in the occupied westbank. nice to see, you know, you are so familiar with what goes on in israel in the occupied territories. as an activist, as a journalist in the past temps about giovanni her as well. i unfortunately don't
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know her personally, but i know you know her and i've worked in the past. yes, i had known devota for more than 20 years. she's a dear friend, a superb journalist, impeccable track record. she's a household name in palestine, well respected across the political divide, even in palestinian politics. this is a woman who has worked tirelessly or more than 2 decades to cover of the story on the ground in jerusalem, where she's from across the west bank and even sometimes in years past in the gaza strip, in short visits, seeing her man handled like that seeing her assaulted like that, detained for doing her job while she's clearly marked as a journalist, was infuriating for all of us. the reaction
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across palestine has been astounding. not surprising, really, because again, zebra is someone who's very well respected journalist, everybody knows, and a journalist, many young women, i know aspire to become, but it, it hasn't been surprising also on a different level. for those of us who worked in the field, we know that is really soldiers do not grant palestinian journalists any kind of protection or any kind of respect. they don't afford a florida the immunity that we are entitled to. nor do they do that to paramedics and to health workers and other protected population. so this is not an exception. it's not an anomaly is really occupation forces assault and detain palestinian journalists on a regular basis. but seeing that live in broad daylight, would someone like you bought a, i think added a different dimension of shock and,
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and condemnation to, to well established behavior. and yet, nor are they do issue press credentials. i mean apparently that's what giovanna was being asked for to show her her id and who i was mentioning something earlier. i think it was called a g p. o government press office a credit this saying to you. yeah, come and work. he is the, his, the credentials you need, and then putting all these limitations on right. and we have to remember that she should have basically a small prison. it's closed off by a military checkpoint. so to enter that neighborhood, you either have to be an accredited journalist with the proper permits or a resident of that neighborhood with your id, clearly showing that you reside in check. so nobody is the in that neighborhood without the prior knowledge of israeli occupation forces. she bought has been to
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that neighborhood almost on a daily basis, doing her job. so it's not like they didn't know who she was. they knew exactly who they were assaulted and they didn't care because they know they can get away with it. and that's really the, the, the outrageous part of it all the fact that we see this happening and repeating with 0 accountability with complete and utter impunity because of an action. and i heard the your guest earlier talking about how just, how increasingly difficult it has become to hold governments that a sole journalist and detain journalists to account. and this is worrying and concerning for all of us. for those of us who have friends working in the field and those who work in the field, knowing that they, you know, their back as to the world really they have no protection, no resort to what to safety or to accountability. well, maybe i'll put the same question to you then nora and about about holding governments to account for this sort of thing. how do you hold them to account when
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they are just quite happy to do this and happy to do it as we keep pointing out in front of life cameras? look, i think in, in the case of israel, we have to remember that there is a pattern of his really exceptionalism with which many governments, especially the united states, have bestowed upon israel. so anytime israel commits a violation of international law, it is protected from accountability, even verbal condemnation by the united states and by other governments. i know for a fact that many complaints have been lodged at the unesco for example, and the director general of you know, school has been asked to speak out about the detention and the assault. and even the killing of palestinian jer less than she has consistently refused to do so. so the, this is really exceptionalism kind of provides another layer of protection for israel in the, in bolden israel to do this again and again. and to do it live on camera with a reporter for, you know,
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an international outlet like al jazeera knowing that it will say, still accountability. look, there are many governments, many states that, you know, have similar policies and actions. and they persecute they detain journalists, but usually these governments face sanction, they face political accountability bilaterally. that is an option that governments can take in the case of israel and they should be pushed to do that. and they should be questions about why they haven't done that. why they haven't raised this issue, why they haven't made the safety and well being of journalist and protected professionals like paramedics, were also regularly attacked by is where the force is why they haven't made this a central issue. why israel continues to do that and get away with it. and i think that is a possible avenue for media organizations for human rights organization. then also for some governments who are willing to speak out,
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but we need to do that because without accountability, this will only get worse. and we've seen it getting worse and worse over past weeks and months here in palestine that is neuro day palestinian political activists with us on skype from ramallah in the occupied west bank. this saturday no to thank you so much for your time. i'm sure will talk to you again. later on it is 1800 hours gmc here on al jazeera can all santa maria with continuing live coverage about breaking news out of occupied east jerusalem. where an al jazeera journalist has been arrested by is ready forces for no reason javadoc godaddy who is in the middle of this scrum of people. there was beaten, and then arrested in the neighbourhood of chick get off. she had been doing live reports for us to channel al jazeera arabic throughout the day, reporting on events there shake jet off.
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