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23.10.2024 - 09:44 [ U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders ]

Dear President Biden, Secretary Blinken, and Attorney General Garland

We write regarding the case of Dylan Collins, a U.S. citizen and journalist for Agence France-Presse (AFP) injured by Israeli tank fire on October 13, 2023. It has now been more than one year since Mr. Collins was injured in a targeted Israeli strike while on assignment for AFP. To date, Mr. Collins has received no explanation for the attack, and there have been no steps toward accountability. Given the inaction of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, the United States must open an independent investigation into this incident.

We previously wrote to the State Department regarding Mr. Collins’ case. On October 13th, Collins was part of a group of journalists covering the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The group was clearly marked as press and had selected an open and highly visible position on a hilltop near the Blue Line to minimize the risk of misidentification. The group was clearly visible to several Israeli military positions, as well as to an Israeli Apache helicopter and drone circling overhead. There were no Hezbollah positions in the vicinity. The group had been filming from the position for close to an hour when, despite these precautions, they were struck twice by Israeli tank rounds, followed by a sustained burst of .50 caliber heavy machine gun fire. Issam Abdallah, a Reuters journalist, was killed and six other journalists (from Reuters, AFP, and Al Jazeera) were wounded, one severely. Collins was the only American involved in the incident. The first tank round largely missed him, but he sustained shrapnel wounds to his face, arms, and back when a second tank round hit as he was applying a tourniquet to his colleague’s leg (despite Mr. Collins’ efforts, Ms. Assi lost her leg in the attack).

23.10.2024 - 09:41 [ Common Dreams ]

Sanders Leads Call for DOJ Probe of Israel Targeting US Journalist

The U.S. attorney general is also facing internal pressure to investigate Israel‘s killing of Americans.

08.03.2024 - 22:08 [ Reuters ]

Israeli tank in ‚likely scenario‘ fired machine gun at reporters after deadly shelling, report finds

An Israeli tank crew killed a Reuters reporter in Lebanon in October by firing two shells at a clearly identified group of journalists and then „likely“ opened fire on them with a heavy machine gun in an attack that lasted 1 minute and 45 seconds, according to a report into the incident published on Thursday.

03.11.2023 - 18:54 [ Times of Israel ]

Projectile flying horizontally hits French news agency’s Gaza bureau, causes damage

(Today, 6:48 pm)

Asking a question at Secretary of State Blinken’s press conference earlier today, AFP’s Leon Bruneau described the incident as “apparently a missile strike.”

04.10.2022 - 17:46 [ Max Zeising / Nitter ]

Bei der Wiederholung der #Bundestagswahl in #Berlin will sich die Ampel auf die Zweitstimmen beschränken, was bedeuten würde, dass die drei Direktmandate der Linken und auch deren Verbleib im Bundestag damit gesichert wäre.

#Neuwahlen #DieLinke

04.10.2022 - 17:43 [ rbb24.de ]

Pannen-Wahl zum Bundestag: Ampel schlägt Wahlwiederholung in rund 300 Berliner Stimmbezirken vor

Die Ampel-Koalition hält eine Wiederholung der Bundestagswahl in etwa 300 Berliner Stimmbezirken für nötig. Ein entsprechender Vorschlag sei an den Wahlprüfungsausschuss des Bundestags gegangen, berichtet AFP.

05.09.2021 - 14:08 [ AFP Deutschland / Youtube ]

Neue Proteste in Frankreich gegen Corona-Regeln | AFP

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Sep 4, 2021

In Frankreich haben den achten Samstag in Folge zahlreiche Menschen gegen die Corona-Regeln protestiert, vor allm gegen den sogenannten Gesundheitspass. Insgesamt rechneten die Behörden im Vorfeld landesweit mit bis zu 170.000 Teilnehmern.

09.12.2020 - 19:30 [ factcheck.afp.com ]

Video shares false claim that Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine contains ‚nanotechnology‘

A video viewed thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook claims Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 mRNA vaccine contains lipid nanoparticles that could be concealing „little computers”. The claims are false; nanoparticles are microscopic particles that measure less than 100 nanometres, which have no relation to nanocomputers; an infectious diseases expert told AFP no technology currently exists by which computers could be inserted into an mRNA vaccine.

29.11.2020 - 14:17 [ Agence France-Presse / Twitter ]

„Nous sommes choqués par les blessures infligées à notre collègue Ameer al-Halbi et nous condamnons cette violence non provoquée“, a affirmé @philchet , directeur de l‘information de l‘AFP, demandant également une enquête de police #AFP

09.02.2019 - 09:39 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Machtkampf in Venezuela: Guaidó erwägt Hilfe durch US-Militär

Im Kampf um die venezolanische Staatsführung schließt der selbsternannte Übergangspräsident Juan Guaidó einen Eingriff des US-Militärs nicht mehr aus. Allerdings sei ein Eingriff der US-Armee ein „sehr brisantes“ Thema, betonte Guaidó gegenüber der Nachrichtenagentur AFP. Er werde „alles Notwendige“ tun, um Menschenleben zu retten.