“Her death is a tremendous loss for journalism, and the FPA offers its deepest condolences to Al Jazeera and her family,”
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Shireen Abu Akleh
Shireen Abu Akleh was a prominent Palestinian-American journalist who worked as a reporter for 25 years for Al Jazeera, before she was killed by Israeli forces while wearing a blue press vest and covering a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Abu Akleh was one of the most prominent names across the Middle East for her decades of reporting in the Palestinian territorie…
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culture · Palestinian-American journalist (1971–2022) · journalist · reporter · television journalist · also Shireen Abu Akleh, Shireen Nasri Anton Abu Akleh, Shireen Nasri Abu Akleh, Akleh
Born 3 April 1971 · Died 11 May 2022 · Q12219365
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2026· 4 entries
“is investigating the event and looking into the possibility that journalists were hit by the Palestinian gunmen.”
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Public attention spiked: 3,746 Wikipedia readers in one day, 19× the usual 198, with 0 article edits.
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Yahoo: How impunity in Shireen Abu Akleh’s case fuels Israeli attacks on the press
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2025· 3 entries
The Guardian: New film claims to identify Israeli killer of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
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The Guardian: Who killed Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh – and why? | Dion Nissenbaum
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The New York Times: Shireen Abu Akleh
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2024· 1 entry
Soldiers went out of their way to tear down a poster of Abu Akleh
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2023· 7 entries
A memorial erected at the site of her killing in Jenin was bulldozed and desecrated by Israel Defense Forces
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The Israeli military bulldozed a memorial that had been erected at the site where Abu Akleh was killed
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Awarded Courage in Journalism Award (2023).
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The Real News Network: One year later, Israel has yet to answer for Shireen Abu Akleh’s assassination
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The Guardian: Shireen Abu Akleh: friends and family call for justice on anniversary of killing
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Friends and family of Abu Akleh renewed calls for justice and accountability over her death
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The Guardian: The killing of Shireen Abu Akleh: what one morning in the West Bank reveals about the occupation
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2022· 26 entries
The Guardian: Shireen Abu Akleh: Al Jazeera submits new evidence to ICC
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Al Jazeera submitted new evidence and announced its own filing of a separate formal ICC complaint against Israeli forces over the killing
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The Guardian: Shireen Abu Akleh documentary to raise pressure on Biden over inquiry
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Amnesty International said in a statement reacting to the announcement of an investigation that "Israel cannot keep killing Palestinians with impunity
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19 House Democrats introduced standalone legislation, the Justice for Shireen Act, requiring a report on the killing
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The Guardian: US senators refuse to let killing of Shireen Abu Akleh drop with Israel
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The Guardian: Shireen Abu Akleh’s family submits complaint to ICC
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The same day as the conclusion of the joint investigation by Al-Haq and Forensic Architecture, lawyers and advocacy groups referred the shooting to the International Criminal Court on behalf of her family
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Democracy Now: Niece of Palestinian American Shireen Abu Akleh, Killed by Israel, Wants Biden Mtg. & Indep. Inquiry
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CBS News: U.S. says shot that killed Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely fired from Israeli positions
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NPR: Shireen Abu Akleh's brother calls on the U.S. to investigate his sister's killing
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Al Jazeera reported that it had obtained an image of the bullet and that according to ballistic and forensic experts, the green-tipped bullet was designed to pierce armour and 5
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Awarded Order of Jerusalem (2022).
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Awarded Order of Independence (2022).
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The UN announced the renaming of their annual training program to The Shireen Abu Akleh Training Program for Palestinian Broadcasters and Journalists
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The same day as Palestine said it had completed its investigation and forwarded the findings to the US administration, Al Jazeera said that it would file a case with the ICC to cover the killing and "the Israeli bombing
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In These Times: The U.S. Is Complicit in Shireen Abu Akleh's Killing
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The Nation: How the Western Media Missed the Story of Shireen Abu Akleh’s Death
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The Real News Network: Shireen Abu Akleh was ‘shot dead in targeted attack’ by Israel, CNN investigation concludes
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The Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki announced that Abu Akleh's case, along evidence of other Israeli violations, had been submitted to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
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Which was signed by over 100 artists including Pedro Almodóvar, Angela Davis, Susan Sarandon, Arundhati Roy, and Mark Ruffalo
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In Ramallah, beginning at the Palestinian presidential headquarters
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Died 2022-05-11.
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The Palestinian Health Ministry announced the death of Abu Akleh
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Israel denied responsibility and blamed Palestinian militants
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Lina Abu Akleh – niece and award-winning justice advocate
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2008· 1 entry
By Israeli fire in the Al Bureij massacre
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Courage (2003).
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2002· 1 entry
And various Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip, and interviewed long-term Palestinian prisoners at Shikma Prison in 2005 as the first Arab journalist allowed inside, Abu Akleh expressed concern that she was being targe
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1997· 1 entry
Began working as a journalist for Al Jazeera, as one of their first field correspondents, becoming well known as a reporter on their Arabic-language channel
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1991· 1 entry
Studied at Yarmouk University, Bachelor of Journalism (1991).
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1971· 2 entries
Born 1971-04-03.
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To Louli and Nasri Abu Aqleh, a Palestinian Arab Christian (Melkite Catholic) family from Bethlehem
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