Lebanese journalist Christina Assi calls on EU leaders to hold Israel accountable for crimes against journalists

critical · Committee to Protect Journalists · CPJ Staff · 8 Oct 2026 · 08:00 UTC · War & Militarization · 1 min read

Summary

Documents systematic targeting of journalists as an instrument of conflict, exemplifying extrajudicial violence against press freedom and the erosion of accountability for crimes against media professionals.

In a letter sent on Thursday, Lebanese journalist
Christina Assi
is calling on EU leaders and officials to hold Israel to account for crimes against journalists in Lebanon and Gaza as part of the upcoming
Foreign Affairs Council
and
European Council
.

Christina Assi was gravely wounded on October 13, 2023, in a
targeted Israeli strike
in southern Lebanon that killed Reuters journalist
Issam
Abdallah
.

She is CPJ’s 2026 International Press Freedom Award honoree.

Read the full letter
here
.

journalist targeting press freedom violation extrajudicial strike accountability gap conflict zone reporting

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