RFE/Radio Azadi, 2 November 2024
Afghan journalists, among them women still working in the country, report about a tightening environment:
“We have many red lines. We have to avoid certain topics, and we have to tone down our criticism in order to survive under the Taliban,” [one] told RFE/RL by phone from Kabul. “Our work and lives are full of restrictions and the government continues to impose even more.”
Afghan journalists fear that they will soon lose what [she] described as their “last remaining freedoms” after the hard-line, Taliban-led government recently banned the publication of human and animal images as part of new “morality laws.” (…) Television channels in these provinces have effectively been turned into radio stations, leaving dozens of cameramen, photographers, video editors, and others out of work. The radio stations, meanwhile, were prohibited from airing a woman’s voice.
Afghan media reported last week that all other television networks in the country have been given two months to follow suit. But a high-ranking government source denied those reports on October 29.
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This article was last updated on 11 Nov 2024
