CPJ condemns arrest of Al-Jazeera staff

The arrest on Monday of Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul and his team has been condemned by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

The media monitor warned that the arrest of the staff members in Al-Shifa Hospital was an indication that the treatment of media in Gaza was getting worse.

“Journalists play an essential role in a war. They are the eyes and the ears that we need to document what’s happening and with every journalist killed, with every journalist arrested, our ability to understand what’s happening in Gaza diminishes significantly,” Jodie Ginsberg, chief executive officer of the CPJ, told Al Jazeera.

“This is the worst conflict for journalists that the Committee to Protect Journalists has ever documented, and the situation is simply getting worse”.