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Journalists asked to wear a hijab and broadcasters told to stop showing dramas featuring female actorsAfghan journalists and rights activists have condemned “religious guidelines” issued by the Taliban that restrict the role of women in television, as …
Read MoreZhang Zhan’s former lawyer says authorities are sending message, as calls grow for release on medical groundsThe detention of Zhang Zhan, the Chinese journalist jailed after reporting on the Covid pandemic in Wuhan, is intended as a “warning to others”…
Read MoreFenster’s employer says he is flying out of the country, days after he was sentenced to 11 years in jailThe US journalist Danny Fenster has been released from prison in military-ruled Myanmar, just days after a closed court sentenced him to 11 years in…
Read MoreTaliban deny Morteza Samadi, 21, has been sentenced to death but family concerned for his safety after he was detained while covering women’s protests in HeratFears are growing for a photojournalist who has been detained by the Taliban for more than th…
Read MoreHead of International Federation of Journalists says ‘future is black’ for 1,300 journalists still in countryJournalism in Afghanistan is in danger of disappearing, according to the head of the International Federation of Journalists, who said that rep…
Read MoreTwo reporters from Kabul have said they were beaten for about 10 minutes by at least six men then locked in a cell, after reporting on protests in Panjshir valley. An acting Taliban minister, who declined to be identified, said attacks on journali…
Read MoreAs images circulate of the brutal flogging of two reporters, a senior Afghan journalist declares ‘press freedom has ended’A spate of violent attacks on Afghan journalists by the Taliban is prompting growing alarm over the freedom of the country’s media…
Read MoreDepartures will be among first international flights to take off from Kabul airport since end of US-led evacuationTwo hundred Americans and other foreigners who remain in Afghanistan were expected to depart the country on charter flights from Kabul on …
Read MoreWhile individual countries try to do what they can for those caught up in the mayhem, international pressure is lackingWhen Beheshta Arghand questioned a Taliban spokesman live on Afghan television two weeks ago, the very fact that he was prepared to a…
Read MoreThe Afghan television anchor Beheshta Arghand has been evacuated from Afghanistan amid risks for her safety and freedom after interviewing a Taliban official live on air after the fall of Kabul in late August. Arghand, who is now in Qatar, said sh…
Read MoreWomen forced out of jobs despite Taliban promises to allow them to keep working, survey findsFemale journalists in Afghanistan are being forced out of jobs and told to stay at home despite Taliban promises to allow them to keep working and to respect p…
Read MoreFourteen Afghans including presenters, reporters and producers are now in hiding from the Taliban A group of senior Afghan journalists who spent time working for the BBC have accused the corporation and the UK government of ignoring their pleas for hel…
Read MoreForeign secretary agrees to visa waivers for group of 200 but British Council staff still in limbo More than 200 Afghan journalists who worked with the British media are to be granted access to the UK after an appeal by a coalition of British newspaper…
Read MoreGerman broadcaster urges government to support Afghans working with western mediaTaliban fighters trying to track down western-affiliated journalists allegedly shot dead a family member of an editor working for Deutsche Welle and seriously injured anot…
Read MoreZahra Joya started Rukhshana Media so Afghan women could tell their stories in their own words. Now she is battling to keep it going as long as she canDespite years of development, investment and progress in the Afghan media industry, 28-year-old Zahra…
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