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AFP has finally fired Palestinian reporter Nasser Abu Baker whose partisan activity in senior posts at the Palestinian Journalists\' Syndicate embodies the Palestinian Authority
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This week, the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) Ministry of Information condemned the French press agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) for firing Nasser Abu Bakr, who for 20 years worked at AFP’s West Bank office. Abu Bakr, who simultaneously operated as an activist for the PA’s ruling Fatah party, reportedly lost his job over this conflict of interest.
According to reports in the local press, Palestinian officials warned the press agency that the dismissal of Abu Bakr constitutes a “violation of press freedom” and a breach of the “laws of the State of Palestine [sic].” The demarche came after the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), a Fatah-controlled union headed by the same Nasser Abu Bakr, called upon the Palestinian administration to revoke AFP’s press credentials. Fatah itself also chastised the organization.
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