Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC)

Articles by Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC)

Detained on Manus Island (from left): Behrouz Boochani, Eaten Fish and Mehdi Savari, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Australia: Free expression detained?

25 IFEX members question Australia’s detention of dissident journalists, cartoonists and actors at Manus Island.

Afghan security forces inspect the site of two large bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan, 10 January 2017, AP Photo/Rahmat Gul

Bombings near Afghanistan parliament kill TV journalist, female employee

A double bombing by the Taliban near the Afghan parliament building killed dozens of people including a TV journalist and one of the channel’s female employees and wounded three other media staff.

Afghan security forces inspect the site of two large bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan, 10 January 2017, AP Photo/Rahmat Gul

Bombings near Afghanistan parliament kill TV journalist, female employee

A double bombing by the Taliban near the Afghan parliament building killed dozens of people including a TV journalist and one of the channel’s female employees and wounded three other media staff.

Imprisoned journalist Faisal Hayyat

Bahrain must cease judicial harassment of Faisal Hayyat and other Bahraini journalists

48 human rights organizations have signed a letter asking King Hamad to cease its judicial harassment of human rights defenders and its violation of their right to freedom of expression.

Link to: Journalist critically wounded after brutal attack in Kalat city

Journalist critically wounded after brutal attack in Kalat city

No group has so far claimed responsibility for an attack on a journalist in Kalat city, Afghanistan. However, local journalists had received warnings from Taliban militants.

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier mans his position at an outpost in an area of Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, 8 May 2016, REUTERS/Abdul Malik

Afghan journalist killed by roadside bomb in southern Helmand province

Nematullah Zaheer was among a group of journalists traveling to report on a police operation in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province when the vehicle hit an IED.

Zunar, wearing a prison outfit and plastic handcuffs, poses for photographers prior to launching his book in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, 14 February 2015 , AP Photo/Joshua Paul

Asia Pacific October round-up: Travel bans, award winners, and impunity in Afghanistan

October: Authorities use immigration rules to ban journalists and activists in Pakistan, Malaysia and Thailand; free expression advocates from Bangladesh and Malaysia win awards.

The Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Wikimedia

Parliament must defend health of Turkish democracy

Over 40 organisations call for Turkey’s national assembly to end the national state of emergency, extended for three months on October 19th.