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
AP: The Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice alleged that Arezo TV in Kabul was working with media outside Afghanistan and that it was paying temporary workers to dub “vulgar serials and programs” that went against Islamic and Afghan principles and traditions. Afghanistan fares poorly in terms of press freedom, with
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
8am: Access to information is a fundamental human right, allowing citizens to participate in decision-making and social activities. However, under Taliban rule, access to information in Afghanistan has been severely restricted by the group’s repressive policies. The media landscape in the country has never been more constrained, and journalists report that the Taliban’s restrictions and
“Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.” – Jim Morrison Michael Hughes: The Taliban movement began implementing yet another round of antediluvian measures for the sole purpose of ensuring its grip on power, this time a ban on airing or publishing images of “living beings.” It is of course important to underscore that most of
AFP: Afghanistan’s Taliban morality ministry pledged Monday to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with journalists told the rule will be gradually enforced. “The law applies to all Afghanistan… and it will be implemented gradually” by persuading people images of living things are against Islamic law, spokesman for
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
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
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
By Abubakar Siddique June 11, 2024 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty The Taliban government has cracked down on rival Islamist parties in Afghanistan in what is seen as an effort to prevent any future opposition to its hard-line rule. Since banning all political parties last year, the Taliban has targeted two of its major former rivals. It