5 years after Taliban takeover, CPJ calls for an end to deepening repression of journalists
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5 years after Taliban takeover, CPJ calls for an end to deepening repression of journalists
New York, August 14, 2026—Five years on from the Taliban’s seizure of Afghanistan, the Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the group to halt its brutal repression of the press — particularly women journalists — and lift sweeping restrictions that have cut access to independent information and allowed a propaganda ecosystem to flourish. After capturing...
Security forces in Berber arrest journalist Qurashi Awad. Sudanese Journalists Network: The current ideology reproduces the methods of the former regime in repression and silencing free voices. Sudan War Monitor: River Nile State. Security forces in Berber, River Nile State, arrested journalist Qurashi Awad on Thursday, August 13, 2026. The Sudanese Journalists Network stated that this move reveals the continued targeting of press freedoms and t…
Taliban Turn Afghanistan into One of World’s Hardest Places for Journalists, CPJ Says
The Taliban have turned Afghanistan into one of the world's hardest places for journalists to work in the five years since seizing power, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Friday, urging the group to end what it called the "brutal repression" of the press. The post Taliban Turn Afghanistan into One of World’s Hardest Places for Journalists, CPJ Says appeared first on KabulNow.
The Committee to Protect Journalists says the Taliban have made Afghanistan one of the most difficult places for journalists to report in the past five years, with journalists in many provinces only allowed to report on a limited number of topics, such as traffic accidents, health and education. The Committee to Protect Journalists said in a statement today (Friday, August 13) on the fifth anniversary of the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, t…
CPJ: Taliban make Afghanistan one of hardest places for journalists
Five years after returning to power, the Taliban have made Afghanistan one of the world’s most difficult places for journalists to work, subjecting reporters to surveillance, detention and censorship while expanding their control over the country’s information landscape, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Friday. In an assessment marking five years of Taliban rule, CPJ said restrictions that began soon after the takeover in August 2021…
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