Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC)

Afghani radio reporter Aaqel Mohammed Waqar was gunned down in an attack that his editor believes was politically motivated and may have been carried out by the Taliban.

Journalist Zubair Hatami, who was seriously injured during a Taliban suicide attack on a French-run school in Kabul, Afghanistan succumbed to his wounds in hospital.

In response to AFJC’s national campaign against impunity, the Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan’s National Unity Government vowed to put an end to impunity for crimes against journalists and media workers.

Civil society groups call for an end to repression of IFEX member the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety, and urge UNESCO to take action to ensure free expression in Azerbaijan.

AFJC is saddened to learn that journalist Palwasha Tokhi Meranzai was stabbed to death in broad daylight in northern Afghanistan; she had reportedly received a death threat about a month before the incident.

Matthew Rosenberg was ordered to leave Afghanistan after being questioned about an article suggesting government officials were discussing forming an interim government as a possible resolution to the electoral crisis.

IFEX members and partners from around the world urge the UN to include access to information in the Agenda for the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.

Supporters of presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani-Ahmadzai assaulted two cameramen working for Khurshid and Rahe Farda television channels. The incident occurred during the vote audit at the Independent Election Commission (IEC) head office in Kabul on Sunday 9 August 2014.