The United Nations renamed the annual training program for Palestinian broadcasters and journalists after Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh who was killed by the Israeli occupation last May.
The announcement was made by UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric who said that Abu Akleh “had a distinguished career in journalism for a quarter of a century.”
“She was a trailblazer for Arab women, and a role model for journalists in the Middle East and around the world,” Dujarric said. “Her legacy and bravery must be cherished, said our colleagues at the Department of Global Communications.”
Abu Akleh, 51, a 25-year veteran journalist for Al Jazeera, was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces while covering an Israeli raid into the Jenin refugee camp in the north of the occupied West Bank.
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