French journalists stage die-in to protest against Israel’s killing of reporters in Gaza
About 200 French journalists staged a die-in in Paris and Marseille on Wednesday evening to protest against Israel’s killing of Palestinian journalists and show solidarity with their colleagues in Gaza.
Wearing press vests marked with symbolic red stains, the journalists lay on the steps of the Opera Bastille in the French capital as the names of colleagues killed since the start of the war in October 2023 were read aloud.
They held placards featuring photos of the slain journalists alongside the slogan: “Gaza: faces, not just numbers.”
In the southern city of Marseille, around 160 people gathered for a similar tribute, reading out the names of the victims and observing a minute's silence.
“As journalists, it is our duty to express our solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues and to demand, time and again, the right to enter Gaza,” Reporters Without Borders said in a statement following the protest.
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