Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC)

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Taliban issues new threats against Afghan media

The Taliban said journalists will be targeted unless news outlets stop broadcasting what they describe as government propaganda against the insurgents.

Tolo News reporters work in the newsroom at Tolo TV station in Kabul, Afghanistan, 11 September 2018, WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images

Afghanistan: 20 journalists killed in the past year

The Afghanistan Journalists Center recorded a total of 92 cases of violence against journalists in the past year.

An Indian journalist lights candles during a vigil for ten Afghan journalists who were killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul, during an event marking World Press Freedom Day in Siliguri, India, 3 May 2018, DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP/Getty Images

10 journalists killed in Afghanistan’s deadliest attack on the media

A suicide bombing killed 9 Afghan journalists and injured 8 others in the capital Kabul on 30 April 2018.

26 year old Pakistani journalist Zeenat Shahzadi was kidnapped off the streets of Lahore in August 2015. , Facebook

The Pakistani government must release Zeenat Shahzadi from custody

Journalist Zeenat Shahzadi was recently recovered from a kidnapping. Rather than releasing her to her family, the Pakistani government is arbitrarily holding her in custody.

Afghan security personnel rescue a man from the Shamshad TV compound after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, 7 November 2017, AP Photo/Rahmat Gul

Gunmen storm Shamshad TV station in Kabul, Afghanistan

Gunmen and a suicide bomber attacked Shamshad TV station in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing one security guard and injuring at least 20 people.

Afghans watch TV at a restaurant in Kabul, 4 February 2014, REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Afghanistan: Tanwir TV head Shir Mohammad Jahish injured, security killed in attack

Unknown gunmen opened fire on the head of Tanwir TV in northern Baghlan province, Afghanistan, injuring him and killing his security guard.

Ghana President elect Nana Akufo-Addo, of the New Patriotic Party, smiles on being declared the winner of the presidential election in Accra, Ghana, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016., Sunday Alamba / AP

Urgent Call on the Advancement of Citizens’ Access to Information in Ghana

34 NGOs call on the government of Ghana to ensure its citizens’ right to access to information.

Kem Ley, 4 June, 2016, AP/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pressure mounts on Cambodia a year after Kem Ley’s killing

On the one-year anniversary of the death of popular Cambodian activist Kem Ley, civil society organisations from around the world reiterated their call for an independent inquiry.