"While your article includes a powerful testimony provided by the mother of missing Palestinian Canadian, Mansour Shouman, there is no context provided regarding the events of Oct. 7 and Israel’s subsequent military campaign in Gaza."
February 1, 2024
To:
Darren Major, Reporter, CBC News
Tom Parry, Reporter, CBC News
Brodie Fenlon, News Editor-In-Chief, CBC News
Dear Mr. Major and Mr. Parry,
I am writing to you on behalf of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East to make some recommendations on improving your article titled “Mother of missing Canadian Palestinian says government keeping her in the dark,” published on January 31 by CBC News.
While your article includes a powerful testimony provided by the mother of missing Palestinian Canadian, Mansour Shouman, there is no context provided regarding the events of Oct. 7 and Israel’s subsequent military campaign in Gaza. Mansour Shouman is a citizen journalist who has been documenting Israel’s brutal and destructive military campaign on Gaza since Oct. 7th, via social media. Information like this works to contextualize some information found in your article, like the fact that witnesses reportedly saw Shouman being taken into custody by the IDF. Please include more information regarding Israel’s current aerial and ground offensive on Gaza, as well as Mansour Shouman’s role in documenting the crisis since Oct. 7. For relevant information, please refer to this article by CTV News.
Nevertheless, I appreciate your reporting on Mai Hussein’s testimony and shedding light on yet another way in which Canada has failed its Palestinian-Canadian citizens.
I hope you will make these edits promptly.
Sincerely,
Rose Mardikian,
Media Analyst, Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East