Iran Press/ Middle East: Al-Jazeera Media Network has submitted a formal request to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute those responsible for killing veteran Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
Abu Akleh, a television correspondent with Al-Jazeera for 25 years, was killed by Israeli forces on May 11 as she was covering an Israeli military raid on a refugee camp in Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.
The request includes a dossier on a comprehensive six-month investigation by Al-Jazeera that gathers all available eyewitness evidence and video footage, as well as new material on the killing of Abu Akleh, Al-Jazeera said.
The request submitted to the ICC is presented “in the context of a wider attack on Al-Jazeera, and journalists in Palestine,” said Rodney Dixon KC, a lawyer for Al-Jazeera, referring to incidents such as the bombing of the network’s Gaza office on May 15, 2021.
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“It’s not a single incident, it’s a killing that is part of a wider pattern that the prosecution should be investigating to identify those who are responsible for the killing and to bring charges against them,” he said.
“The focus is on Shireen, and this particular killing, this outrageous killing. But the evidence we submit looks at all of the acts against Al-Jazeera because it has been targeted as an international media organisation."
“And the evidence shows that what the [Israeli] authorities are trying to do is to shut it up,” Dixon said.
Many countries and international organizations condemned the Israeli regime's assassination of the Al-Jazeera correspondent, calling for holding the regime accountable for the crime and probing into the case.
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