Articles by Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Local journalist shot dead in southern Afghanistan
Mohammad Yaqub Sharafat, 23, was shot in the head and neck with a silenced pistol by unidentified gunmen while heading home from his office. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack. However, local journalists had previously received warnings from Taliban militants.
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Unknown gunmen assault “Afghanistan Times” editor-in-chief
This is not the first time that Afghanistan Times editor-in-chief Abdul Saboor Sarir has come under attack. He has received threats from different groups in the past.
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Canada must prioritise free expression rights in relationship with China
IFEX members call on Prime Minister Trudeau to put human rights, especially free expression and press freedom, at the heart of the Canada-China relationship.
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Compassionate release called for in case of Bangladeshi journalist Shafik Rehman
Civil society groups have written an open letter urging medical discharge from prison for distinguished Bangladeshi journalist Shafik Rehman .