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Motion · S6M-04425 · 16 May 2022

Remembering Shireen Abu Akleh

Lodged by Pauline McNeill (Scottish Labour) Members' Business Motion 23 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament notes with deep regret the reported death of the respected journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, after being shot in the head while reporting; understands that Ms Abu Akleh was a Palestinian-American journalist who worked for 25 years as a reporter for Al Jazeera, and was a household name across the Middle East for her many years reporting from the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories; believes that an independent inquiry into her death must be carried out in light of conflicting accounts of the circumstances of her death; understands that the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, said in an interview that her death constitutes a "serious violation of international humanitarian law and is potentially a war crime under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court", and expresses its sympathy to Ms Abu Akleh’s family and all who knew her.

Supporters (23)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.