{"id":193087,"date":"2021-06-06T12:18:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T12:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1439703"},"modified":"2021-06-06T12:18:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T12:18:32","slug":"israeli-forces-just-assaulted-and-arrested-an-al-jazeera-journalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/06\/06\/israeli-forces-just-assaulted-and-arrested-an-al-jazeera-journalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli forces just \u2018assaulted\u2019 and arrested an Al Jazeera journalist"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday 5 June, Israeli security forces “assaulted” and then arrested a prominent Al Jazeera<\/em> journalist. The media outlet has condemned her treatment, accusing Israeli forces of ‘violating all international conventions’. And the incident comes in a long line of the occupying force’s abuse of journalists.<\/p>\n

“Brutal” arrest<\/h5>\n

Al Jazeera<\/em> reported<\/a> that its journalist:<\/p>\n

Givara Budeiri was arrested in a brutal manner by Israeli occupation forces while covering demonstrations in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The outlet noted<\/a> that:<\/p>\n

Israeli police assaulted the Doha-based media network\u2019s Jerusalem correspondent while arresting her on Saturday and destroyed equipment belonging to Al Jazeera cameraman Nabil Mazzawi.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

People shared footage of Budeiri’s arrest on Twitter:<\/p>\n

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Lots of \"??\"British & \"??\"American weaponry on show?<\/p>\n

As after Al Jazeera's Gaza HQ is bombed, UK-US-EU-armed Israel Militants capture Al Jazeera correspondent Guevara Al Budairi TODAY.<\/p>\n

#SheikhJarrah<\/a> #Belarus<\/a> #DEFENDMEDIAFREEDOM<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/CO13ubRnhS<\/a><\/p>\n

— Afshin Rattansi (@afshinrattansi) June 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n