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Austria detains journalist over Palestine coverage under anti-terror laws
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Austrian authorities have detained journalist Mustafa Ayyash over coverage produced by Gaza Now, a development that media advocates warn could establish a precedent for criminalizing Palestinian journalism under the country's anti-terror legislation, Middle East Eye reported. Ayyash's prolonged detention raises concerns about how broadly anti-terror laws are being applied to journalistic work on Palestine.
The case threatens to chill reporting on Palestinian affairs across Europe, critics argue, by effectively turning news coverage into a prosecutable offense under terrorism statutes.
