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Afghan Journalists Navigate a Changed Landscape

20th January, 2023 · admin

Roshan Noorzai VOA News January 19, 2023 WASHINGTON — From regulations on what can be covered to rules on where women can work, journalists say it is increasingly difficult to report in Afghanistan. Restrictions on media “increased in the past year,” said Dawood Mubarak Oglu, a reporter who covers security and politics for the independent media

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Posted in Afghan Women, Censorship, Economic News, Media | Tags: Afghan Journalists, censorship, Freedom of Speech, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom |
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Over 23 Million ‘Immoral’ Websites Blocked in Afghanistan: Minister

25th August, 2022 · admin

Tolo News: The ministry of communications and information has blocked more than 23 million websites that were posting immoral content in Afghanistan, the acting minister said on Thursday. “We have blocked 23.4 million websites. They are changing their pages every time. So, when you block one website another one will be active,” acting Minister Najibullah

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Posted in Science and Technology, Taliban | Tags: censorship, Life under Taliban rule |
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Taliban Accuse Journalist of Lying, Force Tweeted ‘Apology’

22nd July, 2022 · admin

Waheed Faizi VOA News July 21, 2022 Australian journalist Lynne O’Donnell has covered Afghanistan for the past 20 years, working for publications and news organizations such as Foreign Policy, The Associated Press and Agence France-Presse. But during a trip this month to Kabul, Taliban officials came to the guest house where she was staying and

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Posted in Media, Taliban | Tags: censorship, Freedom of Speech |
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Taliban Bans Broadcasting Foreign Made TV Series on MOBY Group Media Company and Tolo TV

18th March, 2022 · admin

8am: The Taliban have imposed certain restrictions and censorships on media and freedom of speech since August 2021. In addition to the Taliban’s interferences in media’s scope of work, the factors such as security threats, and lack of funds have forced many media channels to shut down. It is recently reported that more than 50%

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Posted in Censorship, Entertainment News, Media, Taliban | Tags: censorship, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom |
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Taliban Canceled the IFJ Conference by Force, Says FSH

27th January, 2022 · admin

8am: The Free Speech Hub has reported that the Taliban forces had forcibly canceled the news conference of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). Before holding the conference, a bunch of Taliban forces rushed to the meeting place, threatening and pressuring the federation’s officials to cancel the conference,  according to the FSH’s statement. Click here

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Posted in Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, censorship, Freedom of Speech, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom |
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Taliban Warns Media Not to Publish Rumors

20th January, 2022 · admin

8am: The intelligence department of the Taliban acting government has said that the media outlets should not spread false news and baseless rumors. The remarks came after reports of persecution and detention of female protesters in Kabul by the Taliban. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Media, Taliban | Tags: censorship, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom |
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Taliban Order Afghan Media to Use Group’s Official Name

2nd October, 2021 · admin

Masood Farivar VOA News October 1, 2021 WASHINGTON — Several Afghan news outlets received letters from the Taliban this week, with instructions including on how the group wants to be identified in news coverage. The letter – obtained by VOA – says that news organizations should refer to the Taliban by their official name and prohibits

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Posted in Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, censorship, Freedom of Speech, Press Freedom, Zabihullah Mujahid |
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Fewer Women, No Entertainment: Kabul’s Media Scene Transforms After Taliban Takeover

19th August, 2021 · admin

Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 18, 2021 Prominent female news presenter Shabnam Dawran is one of Afghanistan’s most recognizable faces. But after the Taliban’s takeover of the Afghan capital on August 15, she was promptly fired along with all her female colleagues. A Taliban militant flanked by a white Taliban flag took her

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Posted in Afghan Women, Media, Society, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, censorship, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom, Zabihullah Mujahid |
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Govt says NYT claims of misinforming media are baseless

11th January, 2021 · admin

Ariana: On Monday, the New York Times reported that after Ahmad Jawad Hijri, the spokesman for the governor of Takhar Province, told the media that children were wounded in an Afghan airstrike in the province in October, government jailed him for three days and then fired him. …Ghani administration has muzzled provincial spokesmen and district

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Media, Political News | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government, censorship |
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Saleh has ordered the arrest of the individual who reported civilian casualties

23rd October, 2020 · admin

Ariana: Vice President Amrullah Saleh has ordered the arrest of the individual who reported civilian casualties from an Afghan government airstrike on October 22, 2020, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.  The Afghan air forces targeted a Taliban gathering at a mosque in Hazara Qarluq village in Takhar on Wednesday morning in which at least 12

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Human Rights, Security, Taliban | Tags: Amrullah Saleh, Ashraf Ghani Government, censorship, Takhar |
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