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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Us religious freedom report notes attack on abu akleh funeral | History Defined

'Video during [Shireen Abu Akleh's] funeral procession documented police beating pallbearers with batons so that the coffin dropped almost to the ground,' the United States report says [File: Maya Levin/AP Photo]

Washington, DC – An annual US report on religious freedom around the world has noted Israeli forces’ attack on the funeral of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jerusalem last year, acknowledging that Israeli police beat mourners at the procession.

The 2022 Report on International Religious Freedom, released on Monday, said that on May 13, 2022, Israeli authorities used force to “disrupt” the funeral of the Palestinian-American reporter who had been fatally shot by Israeli forces days earlier. The attack sparked international condemnations last year.

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