Mediacide: The Systematic Destruction Of The Media's Public Function

This visual summarizes the key findings of UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese’s new report, “Truth Under the Rubble: Media in the Time of Genocide.” The report examines how the targeting and silencing of Palestinian journalists, the construction of incitement and denial in Israeli media, restrictions on information, dehumanizing narratives, and biased international media coverage have enabled the ongoing genocide in Gaza, as well as human rights violations and ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank. Describing this systematic assault on journalism and the public’s right to information as “mediacide,” Albanese highlights how the suppression and elimination of Palestinian voices and evidence undermines efforts to establish the truth, challenge impunity, and ensure accountability for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.