Lack of access to information has blemished the prestige and reputation of the government
Access to information is one of the fundamental rights of citizens, which the Afghan constitution has recognized this right for citizens of the country.
The accusation against a media staff shouldn’t be turned into an instrument of pressure by the government on the freedom of expression
On 7th of February 2018, security officials in Kandahar province announced they thwarted explosives that has been allegedly mounted in a reporter microphone in Kandahar province. It was said that these explosives was designed to assassinate General Abdul Raziq, the Kandahar provincial police commander, which was discovered and defused before the attack took…
The government, while people are falling into the blood, is strangulating freedom of expression
Ahmad Saeedi, a former diplomat and one of the country’s media analysts, based on his own confirmation, on 27 January 2018, from 7 P.M to 12 P.M, in the same night has spent his night at the national security Directorate.
Cases of violence against media and journalists that existed in war crime and crimes against humanity filed in international criminal court
190 violence cases of Afghani journalists and media that included killings, injuries, abductions, threatened and terror and had happened since 2003 by Taliban, Haqqani network and ISIS filled in ICC by Nai Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan.
Lack of safety and security is a big concern for Afghan journalists.
Two Journalists of Ningarhar provincial radio and Television (RTA) while returning from Ghani Khil district of said province to the capital city of Jalalabad were injured on Sunday 21st January. Their driver was shot to death.
Prevent shutting down of freedom of expression in Ghazni
Insecurity raise and ignorance of government toward media outlets security made media supporting entities concerns on freedom of expression in Ghazni. Authorities in this province ask journalists claiming they have events to be covered by media. Instead journalists are taken to the first line of war to do combat reporting.
Ministry of Finance’s letter crosses off Constitution, Media Law Code of accessing information
Nai supporting open media in Afghanistan has achieved a letter that has been recently disseminated by the Ministry of Finance to its custom departments not to do interviews with the media across the country,
2017 Recorded as Bloody Year in the History for Media outlets losing 21 members
Nai supporting open media in Afghanistan has recorded June as the clam month for the media and correspondents amid in May 2017 9 correspondents were martyred and 16 others were injured and was recorded as the bloodiest month, meanwhile in December 2017 7 correspondents were martyred and 18 others have been injured.The number of the…
Attack to Afghan Voice News Agency Indicate Poor Security of Media Installation
The Afghan Voice News agency has been attacked twice by suicide bombers early this morning, in the attack several our citizens were martyred and injured where some of the correspondents and media staffs are seen among the injuries.