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Published on: 13 Jan, 2021

Shireen Abu Akleh’s thanksgiving took place in London

Published on: 29 June, 2022
Shireen Abu Akleh's thanksgiving St. Bride's Church/Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK.

Shireen Abu Akleh's thanksgiving St. Bride's Church/Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK.

On Tuesday, June 28th,  the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK held a service of thanksgiving for the life of Shireen Abu Akleh in St. Bride’s Church, Fleet St, London.

Aljazeera English’s Nadim Baba said the thanksgiving service was a chance for participants to honour Abu Akleh and remember her life and work.

Abu Akleh was shot in the head by Israeli forces on May 11th while she was on an assignment in Jenin in the Occupied West Bank.

Israeli police hit mourners holding her coffin with batons, almost causing it to drop.

International condemnation and calls for justice continue.

Aljazeera Media Network assigned its legal team to refer her killing to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

The legal file will also include the Israeli bombing of Aljazeera’s office in Gaza in May 2021.

Palestinian Attorney-General Akram Al-Khatib said their probe shows the Israeli military intentionally killed Aljazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh.

Aljazeera.