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Gaza: Press Freedom

Commons · Question 72706 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 18 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Euan Stainbank

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support compliance with International Humanitarian Law by the Israeli Government on the protection of journalists reporting on the conf

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 18 Sep 2025

The UK strongly condemns all violence directed against journalists and media workers. Civilian reporters covering conflicts are afforded protection under international humanitarian law. We are therefore appalled by the extremely high number of fatalities,...