Gaza Kuburan Para Pewarta

Jakarta, MI - Pada Jumat (8/12), sebuah organisasi terkemuka yang mewakili jurnalis di seluruh dunia menyatakan keprihatinan mendalam atas jumlah jurnalis yang meninggal dunia pada tahun 2023 saat melakukan tugas mereka.

Federasi Jurnalis Internasional (IFJ) mengatakan dalam penghitungan tahunan kematian pekerja media, tahun ini 94 jurnalis telah terbunuh dan hampir 400 lainnya dipenjara. IFJ juga menyatakan bahwa perang Israel dengan Hamas menyebabkan kematian jurnalis paling banyak dalam lebih dari 30 tahun.

Angka kematian tahun ini meningkat dari 67 pada periode yang sama tahun 2022, dan dua kali lipat dari total 47 kematian yang tercatat sepanjang tahun 2021.

Kelompok ini menyerukan perlindungan yang lebih baik bagi pekerja media dan menuntut agar pelaku penyerangan terhadap pekerja media dimintai pertanggungjawaban.

“Pentingnya standar global baru untuk perlindungan jurnalis dan penegakan hukum internasional yang efektif sangatlah penting,” kata Presiden IFJ Dominique Pradalie dikutip dari laman IFJ.

Kelompok tersebut mengatakan 68 jurnalis telah terbunuh saat meliput perang Israel-Hamas sejak Hamas menyerang Israel pada 7 Oktober – lebih dari satu jurnalis dalam sehari dan menyumbang 72% dari seluruh kematian media di seluruh dunia pada tahun ini.

IFJ mengatakan bahwa sebagian besar dari mereka adalah jurnalis Palestina yang berada di Jalur Gaza, tempat pasukan Israel melancarkan serangan mereka.

“Perang di Gaza lebih mematikan bagi jurnalis daripada konflik apa pun sejak IFJ mulai mencatat para jurnalis yang terbunuh saat menjalankan tugas pada tahun 1990,” kata kelompok tersebut.

Ukraina juga “tetap menjadi negara yang berbahaya bagi jurnalis” hampir dua tahun sejak invasi Rusia, kata organisasi tersebut. IFJ mencatat, tiga wartawan atau pekerja media telah tewas dalam perang itu sepanjang tahun ini.

Organisasi ini juga menyesalkan kematian pekerja media di Afghanistan, Filipina, India, China, dan Bangladesh.

Mereka mempertanyakan mengapa hukum sering mengabaikan kejahatan terhadap jurnalis dan meminta pemerintah “untuk memberikan perhatian penuh terhadap kasus pembunuhan ini dan mengambil langkah-langkah untuk menjamin keselamatan jurnalis.”

Menurut laporan, jumlah jurnalis yang terbunuh di Amerika Utara dan Selatan turun dari 29 pada tahun lalu menjadi 7 pada tahun 2023.

Kelompok tersebut juga menyatakan bahwa tiga jurnalis dari Meksiko, satu jurnalis dari Paraguay, satu jurnalis dari Guatemala, satu jurnalis dari Kolombia, dan satu jurnalis dari Amerika tewas saat menyelidiki kelompok bersenjata atau penggelapan dana publik.

 

Berikut daftar pewarta yang terbunuh di jalur Gaza ( Data IFJ 7 Desember 2023)

 

Ada 61 jurnalis Palestina

 

Mohammad Jarghoun, Smart Media, killed on 7 October

Ibrahim Lafi, Ain Media news agency, killed on 7 October

Mohammad Al-Salhi, photojournalist for news agency Fourth Authority, killed on 7 October

Asaad Shamlakh, freelance journalist, killed on 8 October

Said Al-Tawil, director of Al-Khamisa news agency, killed on 10 October

Mohammed Sobboh, photojournalist for a news agency in Gaza, killed on 10 October

Hisham Al-Nawajha, photographer for Khabar news agency in Gaza, killed on 10 October

Salam Meimah, journalist for Al Quds Radio, killed on 10 October

Mohammed Fayez Yousef Abu Matar, freelance photographer, killed on 11 October

Ahmed Shehab, producer of Voice of Prisoners Radio, killed on 12 October

Hossam Mubarak, Al Aqsa TV, killed on 13 October

Yousef Dawwas, freelance journalist, killed on 14 October

Abdul Hadi Habib, Al Aqsa TV, killed on 16 October

Isam Bahar, Al Aqsa TV, killed on 17 October

Mohammed Balousha, Palestine TV, killed on 17 October

Samih Al-Nadi, director and producer of Al Aqsa TV, killed on 18 October

Khalil Abu Athra, cameraman for Al Aqsa TV, killed on 19 October

Muhammad Abu Ali, Al-Shabab radio, killed on 20 October

Hani Madhoun, administrative staff for Al Aqsa TV, killed on 21 October

Roshdi Sarraj, co-founder of Ain Media, photojournalist, filmmaker and fixer for several international media such as Radio France, killed on 22 October

Mohammed Imad Labad, journalist, killed on 23 October

Saed al-Halabi, Al-Aqsa TV, killed on 25 October

Ahmed Abu Mahadi, Al-Aqsa TV, killed on 25 October

Salma Mukhaimar, journalist, killed on 25 October

Jamal Al-Faqawi, journalist for Mithaq Media Network, killed on 25 October

Zaher Al-Afghani, journalist for Mithaq Media Network, killed on 25 October

Duaa Sharaf, journalist, killed on 26 October

Yasser Abu Namous, journalist, killed on 27 October

Nazmi Al-Nadim, deputy director of finance and administration for Palestine TV, killed on 30 October

Majd Kashkou, media worker for Palestine TV, killed on 31 October

Imad Wahidi, media worker for Palestine TV, killed on 31 October

Majd Fadl Arandas, journalist for news website Al-Jamahir, killed on 1 November

Mohammed Abu Hatab, correspondent for Palestine TV, killed on 2 November

Mohammed Bayyari, journalist for Al Aqsa TV, killed on 2 November

Iyad Matar, journalist, killed on 2 November

Mohammed Al Jajeh, Press House, killed on 6 November

Mohammad Abu Hasira, correspondent for WAFA news agency, body found under the rubble on 7 November

Yahya Abu Munie, journalist for Al Aqsa radio, killed on 7 November

Ahmed Al-Qara, photojournalist, killed on 10 November

Mousa Al Barsh, executive director of Namaa Radio, killed on 12 November

Ahmed Fatmah, photographer for Al Qahera News, killed on 13 November

Mahmoud Matar, freelance journalist, killed on 15 November

Moseab Ashour, photographer, killed on 18 November

Mustafa Al-Sawaf, journalist and writer, killed on 18 November

Amr Abu Haya, media worker in Al Aqsa TV, killed on 18 November

Saary Mansour, director of Quds News Network, killed on 18 November

Hasouned Isleem, freelance photographer, killed on 18 November

Bilal Jadallah, director general of media development organisation Press House, killed on 19 November

Abdelhalim Awad, driver for Al Aqsa TV, killed on 18 November 

Ayat Al-Khaddura, digital and broadcaster journalist, killed on 20 November

Jamal Hanieh, editor at Amwaj Sports Media Network, killed on 21 November

Mohamad Nabil Al-Zaq, journalist for Quds TV, killed on 22 November

Assem Al-Barsh, journalist for Palestinian Al-Ray radio, killed on 22 November

Muhammad Moin Ayyash, photojournalist, killed on 23 November

Amal Zahed, journalist, killed on 24 November

Mustafa Bakir, journalist, killed on 24 November

Nader Al-Nazli, technician for Palestine TV, killed on 25 November

Abdallah Darwish, photojournalist for Al Aqsa TV, killed on 1 December

Muntaser Al-Sawaf, photographer for Anadolu Agency, killed on 1 December

Adham Hassouna, freelance journalist, killed on 1 December

Hassan Farajallah, executive at Al Quds TV, killed on 3 December

 

Jurnalis Israel

 

Yaniv Zohar, photographer for Israel HaYom, killed on 7 October

Ayelet Arnin, news editor for Israeli Broadcasting Corporation (KAN), killed on 7 October

Shai Regev, editor for TMI, killed on 7 October

Roee Idan, photographer for Ynet, killed on 7 October

 

Jurnalis Lebanon

 

Issam Abdallah, video journalist for Reuters, killed on 13 October

Farah Omar, reporter for Al Mayadeen, killed on 20 November

Rabih Me'mari, cameraman for Al Mayadeen TV, killed on 20 November

 

(Ran)