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<p>The UK supports calls for greater media freedoms in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
The evidence is clear: where journalists and media organisations are free to do their
work, societies are more prosperous and resilient. Officials from our Consulate-General
in Jerusalem regularly raise the issue of freedom of expression, including the revision
of relevant legislation, with the Palestinian Authority. Her Majesty’s Consul General
in Jerusalem raised this most recently on 30 October. We encourage the Palestinian
Authority to ensure the harmonisation of Palestinian laws with International Human
Rights conventions to which it has acceded, in order to guarantee that freedom of
expression and the generally free and pluralistic media environment are preserved.</p>
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