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Al Jazeera
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Annette Ekin

‘They silenced her’: The fight for justice for Shireen Abu Akleh

Abu Akleh, 51, had worked for Al Jazeera since 1997 [Al Jazeera]

The Hague, Netherlands – On a cloudy Tuesday morning Al Jazeera submitted the results of a six-month investigation to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as part of a formal request to investigate the killing of veteran Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces.

On May 11, Abu Akleh and her colleagues were fired upon by Israeli forces in Jenin in the occupied West Bank. They were wearing protective helmets and vests clearly marked “Press”.

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