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Taliban Detain Three Journalists In Takhar, Subject Them To Torture

7th May, 2025 · admin

Afghanistan International: The Taliban have detained three journalists in Takhar province, with local sources alleging they were subjected to torture while in custody. The detainees include Sayed Munir Hadaf, director of Tasweer Weekly and head of the National Journalists’ Union of Takhar; Asadullah Timur, a local reporter; and Nasratullah Ebrahimi, a journalist with Ariana News.

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Posted in Human Rights, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Detain and torture by Taliban, Press Freedom, Taliban war on press |
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Afghanistan facing deepening Media censorship on world press freedom day

3rd May, 2025 · admin

Khaama: On Saturday, May 3, World Press Freedom Day arrives amid mounting concerns over the deteriorating state of media freedom in Afghanistan. Under Taliban rule, the country’s once-vibrant press landscape continues to shrink under severe censorship and repression. Click here to read more (external link). More Afghanistan ranks 175th out of 180 countries in press

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Posted in Censorship, Media | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom, Taliban war on press |
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Fate of detained employees of Arezo TV remains unknown three days after arrest

6th December, 2024 · admin

Amu: Three days after the Taliban shut down Arezo TV in Kabul, the whereabouts of seven employees, including managers and dubbing staff, remain unknown. The Taliban have provided no updates on their status, according to sources familiar with the matter. The Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice claimed responsibility for

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Posted in Censorship, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom, Taliban war on press |
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UN report: Taliban have detained Afghan journalists more than 250 times

28th November, 2024 · admin

VOA News November 27, 2024 By Jocelyn Mintz Washington — Journalists in Afghanistan are forced to navigate an environment of “censorship and tight restrictions” under Taliban rule, the United Nations has said. From the Taliban takeover on August 15, 2021, to September 30 of this year, the Taliban have detained journalists 256 times and 130 cases

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Posted in Censorship, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Detain and torture by Taliban, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom, Taliban war on press |
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Afghan Journalists Fear Losing ‘Last Remaining’ Freedoms

2nd November, 2024 · admin

By Farangis Najibullah and RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 2, 2024 Barna’s working day begins early in the morning, hours before she enters her office at a private media outlet in Kabul’s trendy Karte-e Char area. Barna, a 26-year-old Afghan reporter whose name has been changed for security reasons, says she carefully chooses stories to pitch to

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Posted in Censorship, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom, Taliban Police State |
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Afghanistan: Taliban impose new restrictions on media

27th September, 2024 · admin

DW: The Taliban recently imposed further restrictions on media organizations in Afghanistan, prohibiting criticism of their laws, policies and banning the broadcast of live political shows, according to Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC), an independent organization supporting the media and press freedom in Afghanistan. The AFJC said the Taliban instructed media managers during a meeting on

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Posted in Censorship, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom, Taliban Police State, Taliban war on press |
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Female journalist silenced on air apparently in compliance with Taliban morality law

27th August, 2024 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News August 27, 2024 ISLAMABAD — A Taliban-controlled state broadcaster in Afghanistan silenced a female journalist and her image during a live media event Tuesday, apparently in compliance with the radical rulers’ recently enacted morality law that bans women from speaking or showing their faces in public. Officials of the de facto Taliban

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Media | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Taliban use license suspensions, arrests, closures to pressure media in Afghanistan

14th August, 2024 · admin

By Siddhi Mahatole VOA News August 14, 2024 washington — The suspension of broadcast licenses, arrests and closures of news outlets in Afghanistan show that the Taliban continue to exert pressure on media, watchdogs say. In recent weeks, the Taliban-run Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority, or ATRA, suspended 17 broadcast licenses assigned to 14 media outlets in eastern

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Posted in Censorship, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, censorship, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom, Taliban war on press |
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The myth of moderation and media freedom in Afghanistan

12th June, 2024 · admin

ORF: In the past two and a half years, rapid clampdown on independent institutions like media and free speech has debunked the sham of a ‘reformed Taliban’. Estimates suggest over 450 documented cases of media violations by the Islamic Emirate since its takeover. This includes the murders of three journalists, 219 detentions, and a staggering

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Posted in Censorship, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Life under Taliban rule, Press Freedom, Taliban Police State, Taliban war on press |
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Afghanistan third worst in world for press freedom

3rd May, 2024 · admin

Roshan Noorzai Noshaba Ashna VOA News May 3, 2024 Reporters and media analysts in Afghanistan report steadily increasing censorship and deteriorating conditions for local journalists. Media on the ground feel as though “no stories can be filed” without Taliban approval, said a Kabul-based journalist who asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation. The

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