Articles by Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC)
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.
Radio producer and presenter found dead in southern Afghanistan
The body of Noor Ahman Noori, the presenter of two religious programmes on the Boost radio station, was found in a sack near the city of Lashkargah in Aghanistan.
Release Alaa Abd El Fattah and all those unjustly detained in Egypt
Following the criminalisation of peaceful protest in Egypt in November 2013, 57 organisations and individuals release joint statement against arrests of Egyptian bloggers and political activists.
Attacks on Afghan media stoke concerns ahead of 2014 elections and withdrawal of international troops
The Afghanistan Journalists Center registered 84 media freedom violations during 2013 across the war-torn country, raising serious concerns about the safety of media representatives ahead of the April 2014 presidential vote and the international troops’ pullout.