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Al Jazeera TV to Refer Killing of Its Journalist to ICC: Report

Mahmoud Mourad
May 27, 2022
Abu Akleh, a prominent Palestinian-American Al Jazeera reporter, was shot dead during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on May 11.

Cairo: Qatar’s Al Jazeera TV Network will refer the killing of its journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), it said in a televised statement on Thursday, May 26.

Abu Akleh, a prominent Palestinian-American Al Jazeera reporter, was shot dead during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on May 11.

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Al Jazeera‘s legal team alongside international legal experts will prepare a file on the killing of Abu Akleh to refer it to the ICC.

(Reuters)

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