PALESTINIAN journalists are facing increased violence and oppression at the hands of the Palestinian Authority (PA), according to a report from a leading media rights group today.

The Palestinian Centre for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) said that a crackdown by President Mahmoud Abbas saw violations committed by the PA against media workers exceed those of Israel for the first time.

It described the development as “shocking and dangerous” with reporters facing a wave of serious attacks and restrictions on press freedom in the occupied territories.