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IFJ: ‘Arbitrary Detentions of Journalists’ Must Halt

12th June, 2022 · admin

Tolo News: “The Taliban must immediately halt their increasing attacks and arbitrary detentions of journalists and media workers in Afghanistan,” IFJ said in a report. According to an IFJ report, facing possible threats, almost 1,000 journalists have departed Afghanistan in the last year. “An estimated 1,000 journalists have fled the country since last August, with

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Posted in Censorship, Human Rights, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom |
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Afghan YouTuber Arrested for Allegedly Insulting Quran

8th June, 2022 · admin

هیچ فردی اجازه ندارد که در حاکمیت نظام اسلامی به آیت‌های قرآن، احادیث نبوي ﷺ و مقدسات اسلامی توهین کند یا آنرا مورد استهزاء قرار دهد. کسانی‌که اخیراً آیات مبارکهء قرآن را مورد توهین و تمسخر قرار داده بودند؛ بازداشت شدند. pic.twitter.com/omQBjErywp — د استخباراتو لوی ریاست-GDI (@GDI1415) June 7, 2022 Akmal Dawi VOA News

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Media, Muslims and Islam, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule |
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Tolo viewership down in Tajikistan

7th June, 2022 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: The survey also found that private Afghan TV channel Tolo has significantly dropped in the ratings in Tajikistan since the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan in August. Asked why, those surveyed said the channel now has more programs in the Pashto language, which they don’t understand. Click here to read

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Media, Taliban | Tags: Pashtunization |
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TV Channel Complex Converted to Religious Seminary in Balkh

3rd June, 2022 · admin

Tolo News: Media watchdogs called on the Islamic Emirate [Taliban] to avoid changing the media complex into a religious seminary. “Replacing a media outlet complex with a religious seminary is considered an unfair action for journalists. We call on the Islamic Emirate to help in reopening media outlets that were closed after the fall of

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Posted in Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Balkh, Life under Taliban rule |
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Global Monitors Decry Disappearance of 2 Journalists in Afghanistan

31st May, 2022 · admin

#Afghanistan🇦🇫: Two Afghan journalists, Ali Akbar Khairkhwa and Jamaluddin Deldar, have reportedly disappeared from Kabul, with their whereabouts unknown since May 24. https://t.co/8QvhenfvMD — IFJ Asia-Pacific (@ifjasiapacific) May 31, 2022 Ayaz Gul VOA News May 31, 2022 ISLAMABAD — International media monitors demanded Tuesday that Taliban rulers in Afghanistan urgently investigate the alleged disappearance of two

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Posted in Human Rights, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Life under Taliban rule |
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Afghan Female TV Anchors Forced to Cover Faces on Air

22nd May, 2022 · admin

Message from Khpolwak Sapai, head of TOLOnews, says it all. pic.twitter.com/5MTHKj3Byp — Saad Mohseni (@saadmohseni) May 22, 2022 Ayaz Gul VOA News May 22, 2022 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Female program presenters in Afghanistan went on the air Sunday with their faces covered to comply with a fresh decree by the country’s Islamist Taliban rulers. Since

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Life under Taliban rule |
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Afghanistan: The Taliban’s first fall and an opening for Tajik journalists

20th May, 2022 · admin

Euraisanet: The year was 2001, the month was September and Tajik reporter Khurshed Nazarov was a man on a mission.  His bosses at Russia’s state-funded RTR broadcaster had dispatched him to northern Afghanistan to get the interview that every journalist traveling there wanted: Ahmad Shah Massoud.  The legendary anti-Soviet turned anti-Taliban commander was a figure

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Posted in History, Media, Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Ahmad Shah Masood, Burhanuddin Rabbani |
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Taliban Reportedly Issues Order Requiring Female TV Presenters To Cover Faces

19th May, 2022 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 19, 2022 Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have reportedly issued an order saying that female television presenters must cover their faces when appearing on programs. The privately owned media giant Moby Group, which runs Tolo News, said in a tweet on May 19 that it was informed of the requirement by the

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Media, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule |
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Journalists Claim Restrictions on Covering Security Incidents

15th May, 2022 · admin

Tolo News: Jawad Etimad, a journalist, said he was arrested while covering a blast in PD5 of Kabul city. Etimad said he spent two days detained by the Islamic Emirate. Jawad Etimad is working for an online media outlet.  “They prevented me from making footage. They beat me with kicks and punches. And then they

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Posted in Censorship, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom |
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Taliban Court Sentences Afghan Journalist to Prison

13th May, 2022 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News May 12, 2022 ISLAMABAD — A court in Afghanistan has sentenced a journalist to one year in prison on charges that free press advocates say included criticism of the Taliban government in his social media posts and “espionage.” A Taliban spokesman said he was sentenced for “criminal misconduct.” Khalid Qaderi, a poet

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Posted in Censorship, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom |
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