The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) demands an explanation from the United States Government for the continued detention without charge of Afghan journalist Jawed Ahmad.
According to the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA), an IFJ associate, Ahmad was on assignment for Canadian Television (CTV) when he was arrested by US military forces at Kandahar airport on [...]
UNDP Afghanistan Dari and Pashto websites launched by Ms. Fadzai Gwaradzimba, UNDP Chief, South and West Asia Division, Regional Bureau of Asia and the Pacific (RBAP) today 28 May 2008. Following UNDP audiences’ demand which includes governmental partners, media, academia, university students and Afghan public in getting more information on UNDP activities in local languages, [...]
The Intern ational Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is increasingly concerned about the dangers for journalists and media workers in Afghanistan , after another journalist was injured in a suicide bomb blast on April 29.
Eighteen people were reported killed in the blast in Khogyani district, Nangarhar province, close to the border with Pakistan , according to [...]
The Intern ational Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is alarmed at a report of a grenade attack on the home of a female radio journalist in Herat province, Afghanistan . It is the second attack on radio producer Khadija Ahadi’s home in two weeks.
The Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA), an IFJ associate, reports that unidentified gunmen [...]
The Intern ational Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its associate, the Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA), in expressing growing concern about the Government of Afghanistan bowing to pressure from hardliners seeking to obstruct Afghan journalists’ hard-won right to freedom of expression and an independent media.
AIJA has called for public discussion about freedom of expression and [...]
Pajhwok Afghan News, supported by INTERNEWS Network in Afghanistan, will conduct an investigative journalism training workshop for provincial reporters associated with Afghan media outlets to enhance their professional skills.
An experienced international trainer will train the workshop participants.
The programme will take five days - from Sunday April 27 to Thursday May 01, 2008. The training will [...]
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned a resolution passed by the Afghan Parliament’s lower house that would prohibit television stations from showing dancing and other “un-Islamic” practices on their programs.
“This form of censorship is only going to increase the pressure on Afghan media to present only a certain type of images and we [...]
Nai Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan calls upon the Afghan Government and in particular the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to ensure the release of Afghan Journalist Ali Mohaqiq Nasab who was arrested last week by the Iranian Ministry of Information in Qum city.
Ali Mohaqiq Nasab, Editor in chief for a Women Rights Magazine was arrested [...]
The Intern ational Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is extremely concerned at reports that the editor of a women’s rights magazine in Afghanistan was arrested in Iran on March 4 and continues to be held without charge.
The Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA), an IFJ associate, said Ali Muhaqiq Nasab, editor of the monthly Haqoq-e-Zan (Women’s Rights) [...]