Articles by Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC)
Demand the release of recently sentenced Al Jazeera staff
More than 100 groups and individuals worldwide call on Egyptian President el-Sisi to remove the unjust sentencing of three Al Jazeera journalists.
Website editor detained in Afghanistan
Calling for the release of website editor Khaled Hadi, AFJC urged the local authorities to respect the Afghan Mass Media law and pursue any complaint they may have through the Mass Media commission.
On eve of Afghan elections, AP photographer killed, reporter wounded
Anja Niedringhaus, a German photographer working with Associated Press, was killed while Canadian AP journalist Kathy Gannon was wounded when an Afghan policeman opened fire on the two women in the southeastern province of Khost.
Local radio station blown up in eastern Afghanistan
The Afghanistan Journalists Center condemns a bomb attack on a local private radio station in Kama district, which destroyed the station and forced it to stop broadcasting.
Swedish-British radio journalist gunned down in Kabul
Swedish Radio’s South Asia correspondent, Nils Horner, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
Chief Executive of Hong Kong urged to protect freedom of expression
After a series of increasingly violent events, IFEX members and supporters call on Chief Executive Leung Chun-Ying to take clear and deliberate steps to defend press freedom.
Transparency, independent media are vital for global development plan
195 civil society organisations from around the world have called on the UN to put government accountability and independent media at the centre of a new framework for global development.
Young Afghan journalist killed in Kabul suicide attack
A young Afghan journalist, Mohammad Shahed Naeemi, lost his life following a suicide attack in Kabul; the Taliban have claimed responsibility for the bombing.