will have to be for another date. >> these are our top stories. north korea has fired one long range and two short range missiles. it comes a day after pyongyang fired a series of missiles, including near south korea's territorial waters. cooperating with the u.s. and seoul, korea, and they will take action. >> we do know for sure there were at least two missiles fired. most of them are short range ballistic weapons that often

fall into the sea that separates it from japan. occasionally north korea will test some of its longer-range weapons. >> president biden said democracy in the u.s. is under attack. he made an address to the nation days before the midterm elections. he said donald trump's claims about a stolen election fueled the rise of political violence and voter intimidation over the last two years. the u.s. federal reserve has increased its benchmark interest rate by 7.5%. -- .75%. the rate hike is part of an effort to fight inflation. a gunman who killed 17 people at parkland high school in the u.s. state of florida has been sentenced to life in prison. it comes without the possibility of parole and was one of the deadliest mass shootings in u.s. history. the government and rebel forces

from the region have agreed to end fighting after talks in south africa. it comes after thousands were killed and millions displaced in the war. kenya is sending troops from the democratic republic of congo to help. it made the announcement after the mission withdrew from the military base in the east where the rebel group is trying to advance. thousands of supporters of brazil's outgoing president have been gathering in rio de janeiro. he has not conceded defeat, but said he will respect the constitution. with all the headlines, back with more news after inside story. stay with us.

this is inside story. ♪ >> hello and welcome to the program. the killers of media workers are getting away with murder. that is the warning on the you and international data and impunity for crimes against journalists. the committee found nearly 80% of killings in the past decade have gone unpunished. 58 deaths have been reported so far this year.

including that of veteran correspondent. an israeli soldier shot the palestinian-american in the head as she covered an army raid. israel's military said there was a high probability a soldier killed her, but won't press charges. her family and al jazeera have filed a complaint with the criminal court and demand a thorough and independent investigation. >> it is important policymakers, legislators, and decision-makers have the political will to implement mechanisms to implement policies that ensure journalists are being protected, and if a crime is committed, there is accountability, there needs to be an end to the impunity. journalists are not just numbers, they are human beings. >> the 2022 global impunity

index named somalia, syria, south sudan, afghanistan, and iraq as the most dangerous countries for journalists. mexico is number six on the list. it recorded the killings of at least 13 journalists in the first nine months. the highest in a single year. myanmar made its first appearance on the index. the deaths of a photojournalist and reporter are blamed on military atrocities. brazil ranks ninth and don phillips and indigenous issues expert bruno perera was shot dead while reporting on environmental matters in the amazon. pakistan and india were ranked 10th and 11th. the pakistani investigative journalist was shot dead by police in kenya. let's bring in our guest for today's inside story.

a human rights lawyer who has represented a palestinian cases before the israeli supreme court. in new york, jody ginsburg, president of the committee to protect journalists, and in also, the editor of the democratic voice of burma given the committee to protect journalists award for asia. thank you for joining us. the death was the most high-profile in a long list of palestinian journalists killed. can you tell us whether a killing and the international attention drawn has in any way changed the way palestinian journalists are treated? >> good evening to you. i think the case of the shooting with it is not the only case of

journalists that have been killed and assassinated as palestinian journalists by the israeli army. we have been viewing a lot of these cases, hundreds of palestinian journalists being wounded from 2006 until 2022. the u.n. has reported more than 22 killings of palestinian journalists by the israeli army. in 2022, we have another journalist. we can also give the example of the bombings of the al jazeera tower in may 2021. for today's international day, defending the palestinian journalists have issued only in 2020 there were 637 palestinian

journalists injured in one way or another by the israeli army. the issue is the case is unique on one hand. unique because it was documented on the spot. who we knew had also contracted the army narrative about the location about the killing already from the first hour after the killing. there were witnesses from the event itself of other journalists that were injured. so the evidence, documentations, and videos make it a unique case. but the protection of palestinian journalists have not been provided at all. and we see like palestinian

civilians, they are being attacked in cold blood by the israeli army without being punished. >> there's no accountability, there has not been justice for many of these palestinian journalists who have been killed. her family and al jazeera are calling on the international criminal court to investigate her killing. do you think that can guarantee accountability? >> i think -- the palestinian prosecutor had submitted another on this case. i also think the only way in order to open a thorough, independent, and international investigation is by opening by the icc, because there would be no other transparent investigation that would be opened.

the fact of the mere submission of the communication to the icc by al jazeera is a political act, a political statement that we, al jazeera, all palestinians will not be silent until justice will be done. it is a huge political statement. there is tremendous witnesses that have been investigated and examined by the u.n., human rights office, washington post, ap, and by other institutions. and therefore, calling for this investigation. which will lead, if it will be opened, which is conditioned and provided that the prosecutor will indeed decide to open such an investigation, which we hope will eventually be worth it. >> jodi, what do you make of the

palestinian strategy to use the icc against israel? is it an effective strategy? can it protect palestinian journalists in the future? >> i think bringing in international investigative bodies is really important. what we see in many cases, and the reason we have this persistently high level of impunity globally is all too often, the very authorities responsible for the investigations are also in some way implicated in the killing itself. so it is difficult to assure there will be independence. some kind of international independent investigation into these cases is really important. >> even in a case like this, where she is concerned, it is treated differently because of where it happened. >> yes.

that is true. we do not see the kinds of international pressure on countries like israel that we might see in other areas. nevertheless, we continue to call for both the icc investigation and u.s. led investigation, because she was a u.s. citizen and palestinian one. therefore the u.s. has an obligation to investigate the case. >> but can the u.s., as israel's strongest ally, conduct a credible, independent investigation, even if she was an american citizen? >> i think the u.s. can conduct an investigation. they need to be willing to conduct the investigation. that is why the pressure has to be for them to carry out the investigation. >> let's bring in our guest in oslo. for the first time, myanmar has appeared on the cpj's impunity

index. tell us what it is like for journalists in your country working under military rule. >> like things after the military coup on the first february of last year, the walk of journalists became very dangerous and risky. and the cp j report, a number of journalists have been killed. what you mentioned in your introduction, a freelance photojournalists killed in jerusalem after he was arrested. basically what he was doing was filming on the street. the opposition called for a silent strike, meaning nobody go out on the streets. so he went out on the streets

and took a picture of empty streets, and he was arrested and taken by the police. two days later, the police called his family to collect his body. they tortured him. that kind of thing is happening throughout the country. today, over 60 journalists are being contained in prison. 30 of them have been sentenced to imprisonment, including photojournalists who have been sentenced three years to six year imprisonments. >> what is the worst personal attack you have faced? you were in myanmar in the past. what was it like? >> for example, if i'm in burma, i would straight go to prison. there is no way for the independent journalist to be able to work in the country and at the same time without any kind of danger of being in

prison or tortured to death. we still have people on the ground. my colleagues are still inside the country. but we have to be totally undercover. the minute they are exposed, they will go to prison straightaway. >> the struggle between governments that want to suppress criticism and voices pushing back is not new. but the tools and tactics it seems of repression have evolved. why is it dangerous, even more dangerous today to be a journalists than in previous decades? >> it is even more dangerous to be a journalist now because we have so many more tools with which to suppress and surveilled journalists. we have seen the use of spyware, online harassment to discredit, demean journalists, addresses

being published on the internet, which puts them in physical danger. there is all of that. coupled with a great prepare ready for the profession, which we have seen increasingly political leaders as opposed to democracies smearing journalists as enemies of the people, fake news, and it creates an environment in which journalists are extremely vulnerable. we see them highly vulnerable at protests or political rallies, where ordinary people feel empowered to physically intimidate and attack journalists. >> tell us about your experience working with palestinian journalists and actions that can be taken today to make them more safe. >> i think first of all, having this day as an international day to a knowledge the lack of

impunity when it gets to attacking or injuring journalists is important in and of itself. also not to forget in march of 2015, the u.n. also adopted a resolution, which basically sets criteria for a special protection that should be provided to journalists all over the world, especially in conflict areas and a war. if i address the situation of palestinian journalists in israel and palestine, i think there is a systematic attempt of attacking journalists and trying to silence them, either by attacking them or even killing them, or not letting them do their job.

in many cases, especially where it gets to a physical attack and assassination, there's been several demands to open a criminal investigation against the army inside the israeli legal system. this is part of what can be done to get criminal accountability. even the legal system in israel, it is not a lot of help. most of these cases are being closed, either they have no witnesses are there is no liability. it appeals the israeli supreme court, also the supreme court gives backup to the closure of the investigation or interfering to close the investigation. >> no recourse for palestinian

journalists? even the legal system doesn't treat these cases a fairway? >> this is basically why it is important to approach the icc. we know that the family and rightfully, they refused to demand the opening of the investigation into her killing, because the results of the investigation were clear. and they do not ask that and were directed to the icc. when we are able to show the israeli supreme court will not interfere, that the army and all cases close the investigation and don't provide any impunity for any events of the killing in these cases, it is basically evidence to show before the icc israel is not willing to do

anything in order to bring perpetrators to justice. this is a very strong basis and argument when it gets to the icc. the exhausting of legal remedies in the local courts in israel, which show the lack of political will. >> is lack of political will the only reason for impunity? >> it is one of the key reasons. a lack of resource and capacity. it requires investigators over vast judiciary that those are some of the reasons. increasingly, we are seeing lack of international pressure and consequences. the incumbent upon them to

believe in free press. to speak out publicly and take action when they see other countries failing to take responsibility for the killings of journalists. increasingly, we see governments failing to take up that responsibility. >> it is not just government as you pointed out before, it is also happening in western democracies. is there a model today that could serve as a model to achieve justice for journalists where it is proven that they care about journalist rights and press freedom? is there a model other countries can follow? >> there is no individual model. the key thing for the international community is those countries made explicit their

commitment to media freedom. that they speak out publicly when they see press freedom being limited in other places, but also take action when they see that. i think that can be the model to put pressure on those countries where we are seeing persistent high levels of impunity. >> the majority of media killed over the past decade in oslo were working outside of armed conflicts. it is not just happening during war. how do we address the everyday safety challenges journalists face, including relatively new forms of aggression, including the ones on social media? >> every new case of -- the biggest problem is the police and military acting against the journalists.

it is basically following the order by the military leadership's. they have the impunity already there. further journalists and protection from the payment sites, the judges can still pretty much controlled by the military. the lawyers even being threatened with arrest if they represent the journalists who were in prison. the whole issue is since after the coup, nearly two years, over 2000 people have been killed, including journalists and ordinary civilians. and about 15,000 people have been in prison. a lot of villages have been burned down. there are human rights violations. and for the military, that is the main reason they are attacking the journalists.

they don't want to expose any of these human rights violations by their soldiers, by them selves. the pressure from the community is important. >> do you feel there has been enough pressure from the international community on myanmar's military? >> not at all. i think there is very limited sanctions against the regime. and i think our neighboring countries need to act more than what they are doing right now. we need a lot more pressure from the un security council, the real, concrete, tangible sanctions are needed. on top of that, they are about half a million people internally

displaced. there is a crisis with humanitarian assistance. the military is blocking them to come from assisting. that needs to be taken care of. >> the case has international exposure, forcing the backing of a powerful media network to go to the icc. what about killed journalists with lower profiles? how do we pursue justice for them? >> that is a huge issue, because what makes the case unique and strong, not just on a political level or media level, but the fact that there was evidence from the ground at the time of the killing itself, documentation, witnesses, so on. which basically lack and a lot of the other cases.

we as a human rights lawyer find ourselves in difficult situations, because many of the cases, the evidence is on the hands of the israeli army, especially when we are talking about bullets as primary evidence in these cases, which doesn't provide evidence to the palestinian side or the lawyer side. so there is a huge problem, but i think it will resemble a lot of the justice that will be done in other cases of journalists being killed. >> the last word in new york, whether palestine or myanmar, how do we combat impunity? >> we start by recognizing journalists our people. the reason they are targeted is the stories they are producing, and their stories are vital to all of us, to our ability to

live freely in just societies and recognizing that is the first step to making sure these journalists have justice. >> thank you for a very interesting conversation. thank you for joining us. and thank you for watching. you can always watch this program by visiting our website at al jazeera.com, and go to our facebook page. and of course, join the conversation on twitter. for the whole team here, thank you for watching. bye for now.

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