Gaza - Ma‘an - Journalists in the Gaza Strip are continuing their protest against the abduction of the BBC reporter in Gaza, Alan Johnson, who was abducted two weeks ago.
The journalists union in Gaza announced that today, Monday, will be a day of general strike for all journalists in the Strip. The union also threatened to withdraw every journalist‘s membership if he/she is not to be committed to the strike.
A member of the journalists‘ union council, Sakhir Abu Oun, confirmed that the union has made an agreement with the council of ministers not to allow any journalist to cover the activities of the council for this day.
The journalists will carry out a sit-down strike at the same time as journalists in London who are also expected to carry out a strike protesting the abduction. Both strikes will be broadcasted live on BBC.