More than 100 journalists, photographers and war correspondents have signed a petition demanding “immediate and unsupervised foreign press access to the Gaza Strip”.
The petition is signed by leading journalists working for global news organisations. It is part of the Freedom To Report initiative, which was started by award-winning photographer Andre Liohn.
Signatories include Sky News’ special correspondent Alex Crawford, broadcaster Mehdi Hasan, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour and chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward, as well as iconic war photographer Don McCullin.
They are renewing calls for both Israel and Hamas to allow foreign journalists into Gaza to report independently on the war, something they have been barred from doing since the start of the latest conflict in 2023.
The petition goes further to say if “belligerent parties” ignore the appeal, media professionals will be supported to enter Gaza without consent “by any legitimate means, independently, collectively, or in coordination with humanitarian or civil society actors”.
