Nai has been providing advocacy and support to the media industry in Afghanistan since 2004. Journalists in Afghanistan work under extremely difficult circumstances and routinely face violence, threats, and intimidation that prevent them from carrying out their work. Nai’s advocacy team responds to situations arising in the media industry in Afghanistan.
Media Watch Manager at Nai-Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan and News director
There are complaints that a number of media outlets deporting their employees without regard the rule of labor law and related regulation, after announcing the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan.
It is claimed that a number of security staff who were tasked to secure roads in Kabul for first vice president Amrullah Salleh’s swift transfer to office and back home harassed journalists.
Amnesty International, along with others human rights organizations, in a joint letter call the government of Afghanistan to end the threats and attacks against human rights defenders, journalists, and media activists in the country.
