Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC)

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.

While no one has claimed responsibility for the attack, reporter Azizullah Hamdard believes it is linked to his reporting on fraud during the Afghan presidential elections.

In what is cautiously being seen as a step forward in the fight against impunity in Afghanistan, an Afghan police officer has been found guilty in the death of AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus and the wounding of AP correspondent Kathy Gannon.

Abdul Maqsood Azizi, a reporter with Pajhwok Afghan News in Logar province, received a death threat after filing a story on corruption implicating the local governor.