At least four news broadcasters have been taken off air, eight media workers arrested, and two media houses shuttered by the Taliban since March 26, amid a wide-reaching ban on foreign media. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Afghanistan affiliate, the Afghanistan National Journalists Union (ANJU), call for the immediate release of the detained journalists and the retraction of all arbitrary restrictions on both national and international media with the intention of stifling press freedom.
The Taliban on Monday detained six Kandahar radio journalists for several hours and briefly shut down their stations for violating a ban on music.
The actions are part of a broader crackdown on the country's once free but increasingly beleaguered media, rights experts say.
In the Kandahar.
Kabul, Mar 29 (EFE).- Afghanistan’s Taliban regime has released seven journalists arrested over the past few days, including six who were detained after several regional and international radio and international radio stations were shut down in the country’s south, a journalists’ guild said on Tuesday The mediapersons were released late on Monday after intense negotiations …
The Taliban on Monday detained six Kandahar radio journalists for several hours and briefly shut down their stations for violating a ban on music. The actions are part of a broader crackdown on the country's once free but increasingly beleaguered media, rights experts say. In the Kandahar case, Taliban intelligence agents questioned the six journalists…