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CPJ Presses DOJ and FBI for Public Update on Stalled Abu Akleh Probe

CPJ’s push for transparency raises pressure on Washington to show progress in a probe of a U.S. citizen’s killing.

Palestinians honor slain veteran Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Gaza and across the territories with murals and calls for justice
The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling on US authorities to reopen an investigation into the death of Palestinian American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead while reporting for Al Jazeera in the West Bank in May 2022

Overview

  • CPJ, which sent a letter Thursday, asked the Justice Department and FBI Director Kash Patel for a public update and a clear timeline on the investigation that the bureau opened in 2022.
  • CPJ said there is no sign the FBI has interviewed willing eyewitnesses or gathered evidence on the ground, and it urged an inquiry free of political influence.
  • The Abu Akleh family issued a separate statement vowing to keep pursuing justice and faulting U.S. authorities for failing to act on behalf of an American citizen.
  • Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American Al Jazeera correspondent, was shot on May 11, 2022 while reporting in Jenin in a press vest, and multiple independent probes and a UN commission found IDF fire killed her, with some calling it deliberate.
  • The Israeli military’s 2022 review said she was likely hit by accidental Israeli fire and led to no criminal case, while CPJ counts at least 258 more journalists and media workers killed by Israeli forces since her death, most in Gaza last year.