3 oct 2017
The Palestinian Journalists Forum denounced the recent escalation in Israel’s egregious violations of international law, against them in the West Bank.
Israeli forces detained, in the early hours of Monday, Al-Aqsa channel correspondents Alaa Tetti, from northern Hebron, and Ameer Abu A’raam, from Birzeit, after breaking into and ransacking their homes.
Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency notes that Alaa Tetti was subjected, several times, to detention in Israeli prisons.
Ofar Israeli military court sentenced journalist Mustafa Khawaja to eight months in jail, in addition to imposing a $900 fine.
Israeli soldiers assaulted journalist Rae’d Abu Rmeelah in the wake of a Sunday raid in Hebron, while abducting journalist Mohammed Awad.
The Palestinian Journalists Seminar underscored the right of Palestinian journalists to cover the events and show the truth despite Israel’s illegal practices.
It also called upon international human bodies and activists to shoulder responsibility in providing protection for journalists and mass media in the Palestinian territories.
Israeli forces detained, in the early hours of Monday, Al-Aqsa channel correspondents Alaa Tetti, from northern Hebron, and Ameer Abu A’raam, from Birzeit, after breaking into and ransacking their homes.
Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency notes that Alaa Tetti was subjected, several times, to detention in Israeli prisons.
Ofar Israeli military court sentenced journalist Mustafa Khawaja to eight months in jail, in addition to imposing a $900 fine.
Israeli soldiers assaulted journalist Rae’d Abu Rmeelah in the wake of a Sunday raid in Hebron, while abducting journalist Mohammed Awad.
The Palestinian Journalists Seminar underscored the right of Palestinian journalists to cover the events and show the truth despite Israel’s illegal practices.
It also called upon international human bodies and activists to shoulder responsibility in providing protection for journalists and mass media in the Palestinian territories.
2 oct 2017
journalists Alaa al-Titi
At least 23 Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Monday in an abduction sweep rocking the West Bank.
The Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of 23 Palestinians from the West Bank.
Israeli soldiers raided Nablus city and wreaked havoc on civilian homes before they kidnapped four Palestinian young men, among them 21-year-old Mohamed Amer. The occupation soldiers smashed the car of Amer’s brother.
Two Palestinian journalists—Alaa al-Titi and Amir Abu Aram—working for al-Aqsa TV Channel were also kidnapped by the occupation forces from al-Khalil and Ramallah provinces.
Last week, an Israeli court ruled that Aqsa correspondents be banned from working in the occupied West Bank for one year.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two Palestinians from Bethlehem, another from Nablus, three from Ramallah, one from Jericho, and another from al-Khalil.
In the meantime, IOF soldiers in a flock of Israeli military jeeps stormed Jenin’s refugee camp, in the northern West Bank, and ransacked civilian homes before they kidnapped two Palestinian young men, identified as Nour al-Hendi and Hamouda Abu Khalifa.
The IOF further set up a military checkpoint near the main entrance to Jenin’s southern town of Yabad, where Palestinian civilians have been subjected to tough crackdowns and intensive inspection.
At least 23 Palestinians were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at daybreak Monday in an abduction sweep rocking the West Bank.
The Israeli army claimed responsibility for the abduction of 23 Palestinians from the West Bank.
Israeli soldiers raided Nablus city and wreaked havoc on civilian homes before they kidnapped four Palestinian young men, among them 21-year-old Mohamed Amer. The occupation soldiers smashed the car of Amer’s brother.
Two Palestinian journalists—Alaa al-Titi and Amir Abu Aram—working for al-Aqsa TV Channel were also kidnapped by the occupation forces from al-Khalil and Ramallah provinces.
Last week, an Israeli court ruled that Aqsa correspondents be banned from working in the occupied West Bank for one year.
The campaign culminated in the abduction of two Palestinians from Bethlehem, another from Nablus, three from Ramallah, one from Jericho, and another from al-Khalil.
In the meantime, IOF soldiers in a flock of Israeli military jeeps stormed Jenin’s refugee camp, in the northern West Bank, and ransacked civilian homes before they kidnapped two Palestinian young men, identified as Nour al-Hendi and Hamouda Abu Khalifa.
The IOF further set up a military checkpoint near the main entrance to Jenin’s southern town of Yabad, where Palestinian civilians have been subjected to tough crackdowns and intensive inspection.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) on Sunday sentenced the Palestinian journalist Mohamed Awad, 30, to administrative detention, with neither charge nor trial.
The lawyer told Awad’s family that the detainee was sentenced administratively for an indefinite period. A court hearing is slated to be held on Wednesday to confirm the prison term.
Awad was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces on Thursday evening from his home in Ramallah’s western town of Badres. He was transferred to the Israeli Ofer jail.
The lawyer told Awad’s family that the detainee was sentenced administratively for an indefinite period. A court hearing is slated to be held on Wednesday to confirm the prison term.
Awad was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces on Thursday evening from his home in Ramallah’s western town of Badres. He was transferred to the Israeli Ofer jail.
1 oct 2017
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested some 14,000 Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories over the last two years, according to a rights group.
Palestine Center for Prisoners’ Studies said that 14,000 Palestinians were detained since the start of Jerusalem Intifada on Oct.1, 2015 including 3100 minors, 437 women, and 450 online activists.
Almost all the detainees were subjected to psychological or physical torture in Israeli detention and investigation centers in total violation to international laws and conventions, the center added.
The rise in Israeli arrests has been intensified after the Jerusalem Intifada, according to the source.
2860 administrative detention orders was issued over the reported period, 17 of which were issued against female detainees while 42 others targeted minor detainees.
65 young girls were among the female detainees, six of them suffered live shot injuries during their arrest.
16 Palestinian MPs were also detained over the reported period, ten of them are still being held in Israeli jails.
The figures also documented the arrest of 150 elderly people, 39 academics, 240 patients and disabled people, and 115 journalists.
Over the past two years, six prisoners died, rising the number of Palestinian detainees who lost their lives behind Israeli bars to 212.
Palestine Center for Prisoners’ Studies said that 14,000 Palestinians were detained since the start of Jerusalem Intifada on Oct.1, 2015 including 3100 minors, 437 women, and 450 online activists.
Almost all the detainees were subjected to psychological or physical torture in Israeli detention and investigation centers in total violation to international laws and conventions, the center added.
The rise in Israeli arrests has been intensified after the Jerusalem Intifada, according to the source.
2860 administrative detention orders was issued over the reported period, 17 of which were issued against female detainees while 42 others targeted minor detainees.
65 young girls were among the female detainees, six of them suffered live shot injuries during their arrest.
16 Palestinian MPs were also detained over the reported period, ten of them are still being held in Israeli jails.
The figures also documented the arrest of 150 elderly people, 39 academics, 240 patients and disabled people, and 115 journalists.
Over the past two years, six prisoners died, rising the number of Palestinian detainees who lost their lives behind Israeli bars to 212.
28 sept 2017
journalist Abdul-Rahman Awad
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Thursday kidnapped Palestinian journalist Mohamed Awad from his home in Budrus town, west of Ramallah city in the West Bank.
Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers intensively fired stun grenades on the town’s streets before they stormed the house of Awad and rounded him up.
Mohamed Awad works as a TV cameraman for Wattan news agency in Ramallah and has been detained several times before by the Israeli and Palestinian security authorities.
During the last few days, the IOF stormed the same town and kidnapped journalist Abdul-Rahman Awad, who works for SAFA news agency, as well as journalist Raghad Tabisa during a campaign in Qalqilya.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) at dawn Thursday kidnapped Palestinian journalist Mohamed Awad from his home in Budrus town, west of Ramallah city in the West Bank.
Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers intensively fired stun grenades on the town’s streets before they stormed the house of Awad and rounded him up.
Mohamed Awad works as a TV cameraman for Wattan news agency in Ramallah and has been detained several times before by the Israeli and Palestinian security authorities.
During the last few days, the IOF stormed the same town and kidnapped journalist Abdul-Rahman Awad, who works for SAFA news agency, as well as journalist Raghad Tabisa during a campaign in Qalqilya.
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Wednesday shut down the Palestinian National Theater, locally known as the Hakawati Theater, in Occupied Jerusalem and prevented its management from holding a cultural event.
Local sources said that a number of Israeli police troops stormed the theater ahead of holding a Palestinian folkloric show and closed it, pointing out that the show was part of activities intended to revive the Palestinian cultural heritage.
An Israeli closure notice was put up on the main door of the theater saying that minister of public security Gilad Erdan ordered the closure of the Hakawati Theater after receiving information about intentions to hold an unlicensed cultural event under the auspices of the Palestinian Authority talking about the Arabs who were expelled from their homes in 1948 and 1967.
The Hakawati Theater was exposed to closure by the IOA several times before at the pretext of holding unlicensed events.
In a related incident, the Israeli police in Jerusalem handed photographer Ahmed Jalajel a summons for interrogation next Sunday after he filmed the Israeli closure of the Hakawati Theater yesterday.
Local sources said that a number of Israeli police troops stormed the theater ahead of holding a Palestinian folkloric show and closed it, pointing out that the show was part of activities intended to revive the Palestinian cultural heritage.
An Israeli closure notice was put up on the main door of the theater saying that minister of public security Gilad Erdan ordered the closure of the Hakawati Theater after receiving information about intentions to hold an unlicensed cultural event under the auspices of the Palestinian Authority talking about the Arabs who were expelled from their homes in 1948 and 1967.
The Hakawati Theater was exposed to closure by the IOA several times before at the pretext of holding unlicensed events.
In a related incident, the Israeli police in Jerusalem handed photographer Ahmed Jalajel a summons for interrogation next Sunday after he filmed the Israeli closure of the Hakawati Theater yesterday.
Israeli soldiers destroyed, on Wednesday evening, a water pipeline and bulldozed an agricultural road in ‘Atouf village, south of Tubas, in northeastern West Bank, in addition to confiscating a tractor and a water truck in the West Bank’s Northern Plains.
Bashar Bani Odah, a member of ‘Atouf Local Council, said dozens of soldiers, accompanied by armored bulldozers, invaded an agricultural area, owned by the villagers, before destroying a water pipeline and bulldozing an agricultural road leading the targeted lands.
He added that the soldiers attacked a nonviolent procession against the escalating Israeli violations targeting the Palestinians and their lands in al-Baq’a Meadow, in the same area, wounding at least fifteen, and abducted two Palestinians, including a journalist.
In related news, the soldiers illegally confiscated a tractor and a water truck, owned by Jamil Khdeirat, from Bardala village, in the West Bank’s Northern Plains.
Israel controls all water resources, and frequently disconnects water supplies, an issue that forces the Palestinians to buy water, which is delivered to them by water trucks, for higher prices than they would normally pay if they had constant running water.
Bashar Bani Odah, a member of ‘Atouf Local Council, said dozens of soldiers, accompanied by armored bulldozers, invaded an agricultural area, owned by the villagers, before destroying a water pipeline and bulldozing an agricultural road leading the targeted lands.
He added that the soldiers attacked a nonviolent procession against the escalating Israeli violations targeting the Palestinians and their lands in al-Baq’a Meadow, in the same area, wounding at least fifteen, and abducted two Palestinians, including a journalist.
In related news, the soldiers illegally confiscated a tractor and a water truck, owned by Jamil Khdeirat, from Bardala village, in the West Bank’s Northern Plains.
Israel controls all water resources, and frequently disconnects water supplies, an issue that forces the Palestinians to buy water, which is delivered to them by water trucks, for higher prices than they would normally pay if they had constant running water.
26 sept 2017
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launched at dawn Tuesday a large scale raid and arrest campaign throughout the West Bank. 18 Palestinians including a journalist were detained during the raids.
IOF claimed in a statement issued early today that 18 “wanted” Palestinians were detained for allegedly being involved in anti-occupation activities.
Weapons were allegedly found during the raids while thousands of shekels were confiscated, the statement added.
A journalist and an ex-prisoner were among the four arrests carried out in Nablus city and its refugee camp of Balata, the PIC reporter said.
IOF claimed in a statement issued early today that 18 “wanted” Palestinians were detained for allegedly being involved in anti-occupation activities.
Weapons were allegedly found during the raids while thousands of shekels were confiscated, the statement added.
A journalist and an ex-prisoner were among the four arrests carried out in Nablus city and its refugee camp of Balata, the PIC reporter said.
25 sept 2017
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday evening and Monday at dawn, at least five Palestinians, including a child, in several parts of occupied East Jerusalem, and summoned another Palestinian for interrogation.
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that dozens of soldiers invaded and searched homes in Silwan, on Monday at dawn, and abducted Zidani Awad ‘Ashou, 20, his brother Mohammad, 18, and Yousef Daoud al-Abbassi.
The soldiers also abducted a young man, identified as Odai Natsha, from his home in Abu Dis town, southeast of Jerusalem, and summoned journalist Daoud ‘Affana for interrogation.
On Sunday evening, the soldiers abducted a girl, 14-years of age, from ‘Anata town, northeast of Jerusalem, reportedly for “intending to carry out an attack against them.”
The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that dozens of soldiers invaded and searched homes in Silwan, on Monday at dawn, and abducted Zidani Awad ‘Ashou, 20, his brother Mohammad, 18, and Yousef Daoud al-Abbassi.
The soldiers also abducted a young man, identified as Odai Natsha, from his home in Abu Dis town, southeast of Jerusalem, and summoned journalist Daoud ‘Affana for interrogation.
On Sunday evening, the soldiers abducted a girl, 14-years of age, from ‘Anata town, northeast of Jerusalem, reportedly for “intending to carry out an attack against them.”
22 sept 2017
Three Palestinian youths were injured on Friday afternoon after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) quelled the anti-settlement weekly march of Kafr Qaddum.
Popular resistance coordinator in Kafr Qaddum, Murad Shtewi, said that dozens of IOF vehicles and soldiers broke into the town and heavily fired live and metal bullets injuring three Palestinian citizens who were treated in the field.
The activist reported that the Palestinian youths of Kafr Qaddum foiled an ambush set up by IOF soldiers in an abandoned house to arrest those participating in the peaceful march.
Kafr Qaddum march is launched on a weekly basis with the participation of Palestinian citizens, foreign solidarity activists and Israeli peace activists to demand opening the town's road that has been closed for 14 years for the benefit of the settlers of the nearby Kedumim settlement.
Meanwhile in Ramallah, local sources reported that limited clashes broke out between Palestinians and IOF soldiers in Nabi Salih village to the west of the city, according to Quds Press.
Different clashes were reported in several areas in al-Khalil after the IOF broke into Duwwar al-Sihha area following Friday prayer.
Local sources said that dozens of IOF soldiers abruptly raided the area and fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs at the Palestinian youths who responded by throwing stones and empty bottles.
In the same context, the Israeli soldiers in large numbers raided Duwwar Ibn Rushd and al-Dawawir areas in the center of al-Khalil city.
The IOF dispersed a protest organized to the south of al-Khalil in demand for opening the entrance of Khirbet Qalqas which has been blocked for nearly 17 years.
The participants, including the journalists who were covering the event, were attacked with tear gas canisters and sound bombs.
The IOF also prevented Palestinian worshipers and Awqaf officials from entering the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil on Friday and allowed settlers only to enter the site to celebrate the Jewish holidays.
Local sources said that the IOF closed all the checkpoints and metal detectors leading to the Mosque, adding that even the Adhan (call for prayer) was banned in the site on Friday.
Army Injures Several Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of Palestinians during nonviolent processions in Khirbit Falqas village, south of Hebron city, in addition to Baz az-Zawiya, al-Manara and Ibin Rushd areas in Hebron city, causing many to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Medical sources said many Palestinians, including several journalists, suffered the effects of teargas inhalation in Khirbit Falqas area as dozens marched demanding the army to reopen the road which links it with Hebron city.
The road has been blocked by the army for the past seventeen years, an issue that forces the Palestinian to take alternative unsafe roads, leading to dozens of accidents.
In addition, the soldiers also used excessive force against nonviolent protesters in Bas az-Zawiya area, al-Manara Junction and Ibin Rushd Street, in Hebron city, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Popular resistance coordinator in Kafr Qaddum, Murad Shtewi, said that dozens of IOF vehicles and soldiers broke into the town and heavily fired live and metal bullets injuring three Palestinian citizens who were treated in the field.
The activist reported that the Palestinian youths of Kafr Qaddum foiled an ambush set up by IOF soldiers in an abandoned house to arrest those participating in the peaceful march.
Kafr Qaddum march is launched on a weekly basis with the participation of Palestinian citizens, foreign solidarity activists and Israeli peace activists to demand opening the town's road that has been closed for 14 years for the benefit of the settlers of the nearby Kedumim settlement.
Meanwhile in Ramallah, local sources reported that limited clashes broke out between Palestinians and IOF soldiers in Nabi Salih village to the west of the city, according to Quds Press.
Different clashes were reported in several areas in al-Khalil after the IOF broke into Duwwar al-Sihha area following Friday prayer.
Local sources said that dozens of IOF soldiers abruptly raided the area and fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs at the Palestinian youths who responded by throwing stones and empty bottles.
In the same context, the Israeli soldiers in large numbers raided Duwwar Ibn Rushd and al-Dawawir areas in the center of al-Khalil city.
The IOF dispersed a protest organized to the south of al-Khalil in demand for opening the entrance of Khirbet Qalqas which has been blocked for nearly 17 years.
The participants, including the journalists who were covering the event, were attacked with tear gas canisters and sound bombs.
The IOF also prevented Palestinian worshipers and Awqaf officials from entering the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil on Friday and allowed settlers only to enter the site to celebrate the Jewish holidays.
Local sources said that the IOF closed all the checkpoints and metal detectors leading to the Mosque, adding that even the Adhan (call for prayer) was banned in the site on Friday.
Army Injures Several Palestinians In Hebron
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of Palestinians during nonviolent processions in Khirbit Falqas village, south of Hebron city, in addition to Baz az-Zawiya, al-Manara and Ibin Rushd areas in Hebron city, causing many to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation.
Medical sources said many Palestinians, including several journalists, suffered the effects of teargas inhalation in Khirbit Falqas area as dozens marched demanding the army to reopen the road which links it with Hebron city.
The road has been blocked by the army for the past seventeen years, an issue that forces the Palestinian to take alternative unsafe roads, leading to dozens of accidents.
In addition, the soldiers also used excessive force against nonviolent protesters in Bas az-Zawiya area, al-Manara Junction and Ibin Rushd Street, in Hebron city, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
20 sept 2017
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday evening, three Palestinians, and causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded al-Manara junction area, and fired many gas bombs causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, including Mashoor Wihwah, a cameraman working for WAFA Palestinian News Agency.
WAFA said some of the wounded Palestinians were moved to local medical centers for further treatment, and that the soldiers also abducted Omar Najeeb al-‘Oweiwy, Abdul-Salaam Hijazi and Bara’ Sa’adi Abu Jheishe.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded al-Manara junction area, and fired many gas bombs causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, including Mashoor Wihwah, a cameraman working for WAFA Palestinian News Agency.
WAFA said some of the wounded Palestinians were moved to local medical centers for further treatment, and that the soldiers also abducted Omar Najeeb al-‘Oweiwy, Abdul-Salaam Hijazi and Bara’ Sa’adi Abu Jheishe.
17 sept 2017
The Israeli Ofer Military Court on Sunday sentenced a Palestinian journalist to one year and a half in jail.
26-year-old Youssef Shalaby received a prison-term of one year and a half at Ofer Court.
Shalaby was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces from his home on March 23, 2017. He has been held for six months in Israeli lock-ups, before he was sentenced to 18 months.
26-year-old Youssef Shalaby received a prison-term of one year and a half at Ofer Court.
Shalaby was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces from his home on March 23, 2017. He has been held for six months in Israeli lock-ups, before he was sentenced to 18 months.
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) released a statement, on Thursday, denouncing a Gaza court’s absentia decision to imprison a female Palestinian journalist who is currently in Jordan receiving cancer treatment.
According to MADA, the Gaza Magistrate Court sentenced journalist Hajar Muhammad Abu Samra to six months in prison and a fine of 1,000 shekels ($284) over an investigative report done by Abu Samra, on the Arab television network more than a year ago, about corruption in the Medical Referrals Department in the Ministry of Health in Gaza Strip.
“MADA expresses its deep concern of this ruling that is considered a very serious precedent against media freedoms, freedom of expression and the role of the press in Palestine. It sees this as another setback to the growing repression of media freedoms,” the statement said, according to Ma’an News Agency.
The statement also highlighted that the decision was issued in absence of the journalist and without her or her lawyer’s knowledge. According to MADA, Abu Samra’s lawyer Mirvat al-Nahal, who works for the al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, learned of the decision through social media.
According to MADA, al-Nahal said she only found out about the decision “recently” despite it being issued on June 4. Al-Nahal also pointed out that “according to Article 403 of the Penal Code, the sentence should not be imposed on my client because of her health conditions, since she is currently abroad for treatment.”
MADA wished a “speedy recovery” for Abu Samra and called for annulment of the decision, which the group said “flagrantly violates media freedom and undermines it critical oversight role in the society.”
Hamas, the de facto ruling authority of Gaza, has stifled dissident voices in the blockaded Palestinian territory since the faction came to power after winning general elections in 2006.
MADA documented a total of 48 violations by authorities in the Gaza Strip against media freedoms in 2016 in its annual report, which highlighted incidents of security forces inflicting “certain types of torture” against Palestinian journalists during their detentions.
A continuation of Palestinian authorities — both in Gaza and the West Bank, which is governed by the Fateh-led Palestinian Authority — “prosecuting journalists in relation to their publications on social media sites,” was also reported.
According to MADA, the Gaza Magistrate Court sentenced journalist Hajar Muhammad Abu Samra to six months in prison and a fine of 1,000 shekels ($284) over an investigative report done by Abu Samra, on the Arab television network more than a year ago, about corruption in the Medical Referrals Department in the Ministry of Health in Gaza Strip.
“MADA expresses its deep concern of this ruling that is considered a very serious precedent against media freedoms, freedom of expression and the role of the press in Palestine. It sees this as another setback to the growing repression of media freedoms,” the statement said, according to Ma’an News Agency.
The statement also highlighted that the decision was issued in absence of the journalist and without her or her lawyer’s knowledge. According to MADA, Abu Samra’s lawyer Mirvat al-Nahal, who works for the al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, learned of the decision through social media.
According to MADA, al-Nahal said she only found out about the decision “recently” despite it being issued on June 4. Al-Nahal also pointed out that “according to Article 403 of the Penal Code, the sentence should not be imposed on my client because of her health conditions, since she is currently abroad for treatment.”
MADA wished a “speedy recovery” for Abu Samra and called for annulment of the decision, which the group said “flagrantly violates media freedom and undermines it critical oversight role in the society.”
Hamas, the de facto ruling authority of Gaza, has stifled dissident voices in the blockaded Palestinian territory since the faction came to power after winning general elections in 2006.
MADA documented a total of 48 violations by authorities in the Gaza Strip against media freedoms in 2016 in its annual report, which highlighted incidents of security forces inflicting “certain types of torture” against Palestinian journalists during their detentions.
A continuation of Palestinian authorities — both in Gaza and the West Bank, which is governed by the Fateh-led Palestinian Authority — “prosecuting journalists in relation to their publications on social media sites,” was also reported.