UN calls for release of imprisoned Journalists and support for media in Afghanistan - Khaama Press

Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, media freedom has been under relentless pressure

Since the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, media freedom has been under relentless pressure. According to new reports, the Taliban have once again barred private TV channels from broadcasting political content. Economic and political talk shows were previously restricted, and now limitations have intensified. The Taliban’s “Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice” is directly affecting ...

UN Calls for Support and Protection of Afghan Media on World Press Freedom Day

The UN has called for increased support and protection for Afghanistan’s media sector, warning that Taliban restrictions and the economic crisis are threatening access to information and the survival of independent journalism. The post UN Calls for Support and Protection of Afghan Media on World Press Freedom Day appeared first on KabulNow.

Around 15 new media outlets granted licenses last year: Ghufran

Khubaib Ghufran, spokesman for the Ministry of Information and Culture, says the ministry has issued operating licenses to around 15 new media outlets over the past year in Afghanistan. Marking World Press Freedom Day, Ghufran stated on Saturday that the Islamic Emirate supports media that operate in accordance with Islamic Sharia principles, respect cultural values and public beliefs, uphold privacy, and avoid inciting discord and prejudice. He…

UN calls for release of imprisoned Journalists and support for media in Afghanistan - Khaama Press

The UN urged the Taliban to release imprisoned journalists and called for global support to protect Afghanistan’s media freedom. Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, has called on the Taliban to immediately release all detained journalists. His appeal came in a video message on World Press Freedom Day, observed on May 3. Bennett noted that since the Taliban’s return to power in A…

UNAMA warns of mounting threats to press freedom in Afghanistan

KABUL — On World Press Freedom Day, the United Nations mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, called for urgent protections for journalists and the restoration of media freedoms amid growing restrictions and economic hardship under Taliban rule. In a statement released Saturday, UNAMA said Afghanistan’s media landscape is facing a steady erosion of independence, as both official censorship and financial collapse have forced many outlets to close and sil…

Roza Otunbayeva, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the UN Mission in Afghanistan, has said on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day that she is witnessing the erosion of free and independent media in the country. The Office of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today (Saturday, May 3) issued a statement on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, expressing solidarity w…