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Taliban’s New Rule: Men, Women Not Allowed to Run Media Programs Jointly

26th September, 2022 · admin

8am: Sources in the visual media based in Kabul told Hasht-e Subh on Monday (September 26th) that the Taliban have imposed new restrictions on the presenters of TV programs. Based on reports, the Taliban have recently told the managers of media outlets that male and female presenters will not be able to run joint programs

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Posted in Afghan Women, Media, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Taliban Claim Media Reform as Journalists Decry Censorship

8th September, 2022 · admin

Akmal Dawi VOA News September 7, 2022 Taliban leaders are touting the success of so-called media reforms which bar state and private TV channels in Afghanistan from showing programs considered indecent — such as foreign movies or songs by female singers — or any content that is critical of Islam or the Taliban themselves. “Ninety-five

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Posted in Censorship, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Freedom of Speech, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom |
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Taliban Fire Shots, Beat Protesters as Women Rally in Kabul

13th August, 2022 · admin

Afghanistan: Amnesty international is concerned by the reports of the Taliban using excessive force to disperse women, who are peacefully protesting today to demand their human rights. https://t.co/fOn9Qrrw17 — Amnesty International South Asia (@amnestysasia) August 13, 2022 Ayaz Gul VOA News August 13, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Security forces in Kabul fired shots into the air and

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Posted in Afghan Women, Censorship, Human Rights, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Freedom of Speech, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom, Protest |
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Survey: Journalism Is ‘Decimated’ in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan

12th August, 2022 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News August 12, 2022 ISLAMABAD — A survey finds that Afghanistan has lost nearly 60 percent of its journalists, especially women reporters, and 40 percent of its national media outlets since the Taliban regained control of the country a year ago. “All this has happened amid a deep economic crisis and crackdown on

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Posted in Censorship, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Freedom of Speech, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom |
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Are the Taliban Losing Their Digital Clout?

28th July, 2022 · admin

Akmal Dawi VOA News July 28, 2022 Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has more than 630,000 followers of his official Twitter account. But the only web address under his profile links to a terminated page. Mujahid and his team were once dubbed masters of online propaganda when the Taliban were fighting U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

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Posted in Media, Taliban | Tags: Freedom of Speech, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom, Social Media |
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Hashtag ‘Supporting Taliban’ Tops Twitter Trends in Pakistan

23rd July, 2022 · admin

8am: After launching a Twitter campaign by Afghan users to block accounts related to the Taliban regime on Twitter, this group has now launched a campaign with the help of Pakistani users.This campaign to support the Taliban in Pakistan has been at the top of the trending hashtags on Twitter in this country on Saturday.

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Posted in Media, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Social Media |
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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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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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