Let Them In: A Public Call to Break the Media Blockade on Gaza - Letter to your MP
This post offers a letter template you can send to your MP, demanding that the UK Government take action. It also includes practical guidance on how to contact your representative. Silence is complicity. Let them in, so we can all bear witness. (Letter template below) Since October 2023, Gaza has been sealed off from independent foreign journalists. The world watches a war unfold through fragments, controlled footage, escorted tours, and the last remaining voices of Palestinian reporters, many of whom have been killed. At least 248 journalists have died. Over 65,000 civilians have been killed. And still, the cameras are kept out. Now, the BBC, AFP, AP, and Reuters have joined forces to demand access. Their short film, narrated by David Dimbleby, reminds us that journalists were present at D-Day, Tiananmen, Rwanda, and Ukraine. Gaza must not be the exception. By Post Send your letter to: [MP’s Name] House of Commons London SW1A 0AA United Kingdom This is the standard mailing address for...