Afghanistan’s Taliban morality ministry pledged on October 14 to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with journalists told the rule will be gradually enforced. “The law applies to all Afghanistan…and it will be implemented gradually” by persuading people images of living things are against Islamic law, a spokesman…
On Wednesday, October 2, Belgian media reported that Jamil Qadari’s asylum status had been canceled. The Belgian government began reviewing Jamil Qadari’s asylum status last year after he publicly declared his support for the Taliban. This review process started after 7,500 women’s rights activists and supporters signed a petition calling for the revocation of Jamil…
Taliban fighters stand guard as an Afghan woman walks through a market in the Baharak district of Badakhshan Province in February. The Taliban’s new vice and virtue laws that include a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public provide a “distressing vision” for Afghanistan’s future, a top UN official warned on August 25….
18/7/2024 FILE – Pakistanis light candles for journalists killed in a targeted suicide bombing, to mark World Press Freedom Day, in Quetta on May 3, 2018. Media freedom advocates are expressing outrage this week, as Pakistan recorded its eighth journalist killing so far in 2024. ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has reported the killing of an eighth journalist…
Political attacks on journalists are increasing across the globe, according to the annual World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders. These attacks include the detention of journalists, the spreading of misinformation and suppression of independent voices. With more than half of the world’s population going to the polls in 2024, governments are failing…
A woman who got a degree while her husband was a captive of the Taliban has been selected as part of a campaign to inspire other people to attend university. Kelly Cornwell graduated from the University of Cumbria last year with a degree in mental health nursing while her husband Kevin was detained in Afghanistan….
The number of BBC World Service journalists working in exile is estimated to have nearly doubled, to 310, since 2020. The figures, released for the first time ahead of World Press Freedom Day, reflect press crackdowns in Russia, Afghanistan, and Ethiopia. Journalists from other countries, including Iran, have lived abroad for more than a decade….
April 12, 2024 UN reported: A year since the outbreak of Sudan’s conflict, sexual and other forms of violence are rife in conflict zones and on asylum routes, while a lack of funding is hampering UNHCR’s response. A year ago, when fighting first broke out in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, 39-year-old Fatima* thought the safest option…
A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group in Kabul. Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their home alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the UN Mission in Afghanistan. The report was…
After the Taliban restricted Afghan women’s ability to work, learn and go out in public, some women initially defied these new rules, taking to the streets to protest. But soon, those who gathered in the capital Kabul and other major cities to demand “food, work, freedom” felt the full force of the Taliban. Protesters tell…
