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UN Calls on Taliban to Disclose Whereabouts of Six Abducted Women

2nd February, 2022 · admin

Lisa Schlein VOA News February 2, 2022 GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office is calling on the Taliban for information about the whereabouts of six women who were abducted two weeks ago in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The agency says it is extremely concerned about the fate of the six who were abducted in connection

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Posted in Afghan Women, EU-Afghanistan Relations, Human Rights, Media, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Freedom of Speech, Press Freedom |
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UN, Rights Groups Demand Taliban Free 2 Afghan Journalists

1st February, 2022 · admin

Breaking- Abdul Waris Hasrat and Aslam Hijab #journalists from @ArianaNews_ tv, were detained by #Taliban intelligence in #Kabul today.AFJC calls for these two brave journalists' immediate release. @IFEX #JournalismIsNotACrime #FreeHassrat_and_HijabNOW pic.twitter.com/KrI35CRi90 — AFJC (@AFJC_Media) January 31, 2022 Ayaz Gul VOA News February 1, 2022 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban have arrested two journalists working for a local

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Posted in Human Rights, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Freedom of Speech, 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 Claims Right To Jail Protesters Following Disappearance Of Afghan Women Activists

22nd January, 2022 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 22, 2022 The Taliban has said it has a right to crack down on dissent and to jail protesters amid international concerns about the whereabouts of two women activists who were reportedly detained earlier this week in Kabul. While denying that any women were being held, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Afghan resistance against Taliban, Freedom of Speech, Life under Taliban rule, Protest |
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Mysterious Attacks On Afghan Activists, Journalists Raise Fears Over Free Speech Under Taliban

21st January, 2022 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi January 21, 2022 The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan had already left free speech and media freedoms out in the cold. A recent spate of mysterious attacks on activists and journalists has raised fears that the worst may be yet to come. The situation took an alarming turn last week with

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Freedom of Speech, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom |
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Daughter Says Afghanistan’s Taliban Freed Prominent Critic Due to International, Domestic Pressure

12th January, 2022 · admin

Michael Lipin VOA News January 12, 2022 WASHINGTON — A daughter of an Afghan professor detained for four days by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers says her father has been released thanks to international and domestic pressure. In a VOA interview on Tuesday, Hasina Jalal, who lives in Washington, said her father Faizullah Jalal, a prominent critic of

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Posted in Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Faizullah Jalal, Freedom of Speech, Life under Taliban rule |
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Taliban releases prominent Afghan professor from custody: Family

11th January, 2022 · admin

Al Jazeera: The Taliban have released a prominent university professor and outspoken critic of successive Afghan governments who was arrested during the weekend, a family member said. Hasina Jalal, Faizullah Jalal’s daughter, said on Tuesday that her father had been freed from Taliban custody. The group had accused him of making provocative remarks against the

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Posted in Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Faizullah Jalal, Freedom of Speech, Life under Taliban rule |
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Taliban Condemned for Arresting Outspoken Afghan Professor

8th January, 2022 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News January 8, 2022 Taliban authorities in Afghanistan on Saturday arrested an outspoken critic of the government, drawing strong calls for his immediate release from civil society activists. Family members said Faizullah Jalal, a professor of law and political science, was seized by security forces from his residence in the Afghan capital,

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Posted in Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Faizullah Jalal, Freedom of Speech, Life under Taliban rule, Zabihullah Mujahid |
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‘Tortured From Head To Toe’: Taliban Accused Of Killing Afghan Man Over Critical Facebook Post

3rd December, 2021 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 3, 2021 Abubakar Siddique Three days after he was taken into custody, the 30-year-old’s body was found along a riverbank on the outskirts of the southern Afghan city of Lashkar Gah. The Taliban claimed that Naweed Azami escaped detention. But his family has accused the militant group of torturing and killing

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Freedom of Speech, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban torture |
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Afghanistan: Taliban Crackdown on Media Worsens

22nd November, 2021 · admin

HRW: Taliban intelligence officials have made death threats against journalists who have criticized Taliban officials and have required journalists to submit all reports for approval before publication. New guidelines from the Vice and Virtue Ministry dictate the dress of female journalists on television and prohibit soap operas and entertainment programs featuring female actors. Click here

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Freedom of Speech, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom |
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