A ‘Jihad on the Media’? Afghan journalists face the storm in insecure legal waters
Wazhma Samandary
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Since the beginning of this year, pressure on the Afghan media has been increasing. It is coming from two fronts: politicians and officials who claim that any critical reporting of them (or people of their ‘class’) is “defamation” and a “disruption of the social order”, and from Islamic scholars and MPs who are repeatedly using heated rhetoric […]
Rights and Freedoms
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