Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 23, 2021 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says a list of rules that the Taliban-led government is requiring Afghan journalists to follow opens the way to “censorship and persecution,” adding to growing international concerns about press freedoms in Afghanistan. RSF warned in a report that the 11 rules to which journalists
The Guardian (UK): Just over a month ago, Zahra Joya left her house in Kabul to walk to her office, as she had been doing every day. From this small office, Joya, a journalist, ran Rukhshana Media, the news agency she founded last year to report on the stories of women and girls across Afghanistan.
National Resistance Front begun its first periodical publication after 18 years. 5,000 pages of this Periodical were made available to the public in 18 districts in the center of Kabul city and were welcomed by many people. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/kE7AgfdJEH — Natiq Malikzada (@natiqmalikzada) September 20, 2021
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 17, 2021 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the Taliban’s “mounting attacks” on press freedoms with at least 153 media organizations being forced to cease operations as the hard-line Islamist group solidifies its rule over the country. In a statement on September 17, the world’s largest organization of journalists also
Two journalists for Kabul-based newspaper Etilaat-e Roz were detained by Taliban militants while covering a protest for women’s rights on September 7. They were released hours later covered in bruises and barely able to walk. RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi spoke to the newspaper’s founder about the beatings and the dangers faced by journalists trying to
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 1, 2021 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is calling on the Taliban leadership to provide immediate guarantees for the freedom and safety of female journalists in Afghanistan, where it said hundreds of them have been forced to stay home since the hard-line Islamist group took control of the country more than
Tolo News: Afghan journalists, cameramen and photographers in an open letter called on the United Nations, the international community, human rights organizations and media-supporting organizations to protect them against threats. The letter was published on Saturday and signed by 150 reporters. Click here to read more (external link). Related Female journalist flees Afghanistan following groundbreaking
Jamie Dettmer VOA News August 25, 2021 “We are really in danger — it is dreadful here now, and they are searching for us,” the 22-year-old Afghan student says. Esin, like other female students, especially those who also worked with Western embassies, missions and NGOs in the Afghan capital, Kabul, as she did, is desperate
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News August 24, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Female schoolteachers and other employed women in two provinces of Afghanistan are reporting harassment by Taliban fighters even as a Taliban spokesman Tuesday promised that the group is forming a policy to keep women secure. Women in Takhar province, in the country’s northeast, and Kabul province
VOA News August 21, 2021 WASHINGTON – At least two female journalists working for a state-owned broadcaster in Afghanistan have said the Taliban are not allowing them to work. Since entering Kabul last Sunday, the Taliban have taken control of government agencies, including state-run media. When journalists at the national Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) arrived