Afghan media body condemns pistol-whipping of female radio host

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 24 (ANI): The Afghanistan Journalists Heart (AFJC) has expressed concern on the incident through which the feminine host of Dost Radio in Nangarhar province in jap Afghanistan, Selagi Ehsaas was lately attacked by unidentified gunmen.

AFJC condemned violence towards the media and journalists after the beating of Selagi Ehsaas, who was coming back from work on July 20, when she was stopped by unidentified gunmen and pistol-whipped in Moi Mubarak village of Surkh Rod district in Nangarhar province, reported Khaama Press.

The locals introduced Selagi to the hospital after she fell unconscious because of the assault, the locals mentioned, including that she continues to be in shock and concern.

She mentioned she doesn’t “really feel protected”, Khaama Press reported, quoting locals.

It’s alleged that the feminine broadcaster was crushed by the Taliban and was additionally mentioned to work as a midwife in one of many personal hospitals; nonetheless, the Data and Tradition Division of the Taliban in Nangarhar province has denied the claims.

Beforehand, on June 6, the supervisor of Dost Radio, Sahar Sirat Safi, was detained by Taliban intelligence in Kabul and launched after 28 days.

In line with UNAMA, there have been vital adjustments within the nation’s media panorama, together with the closure of greater than half of the free media, the evacuation of a whole bunch of journalists, and rising work restrictions, violence, and threats towards journalists.

Earlier in Could, whereas reporting a ladies’s demonstration, journalist Roman Karimi and his driver have been detained and tortured by the Taliban.

The United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), in a press release on World Press Freedom Day, mentioned that they “deplore the erosion of rights for journalists and media establishments underneath the Taliban.”In one other assertion, German Particular Consultant for Afghanistan and Pakistan Jasper Wieck in a tweet mentioned that “Press Freedom is vital for Afghanistan and Afghans. Restrictions on nationwide and worldwide media retailers should cease.”Notably, the ever-increasing restrictions towards media in Afghanistan have additionally drawn widespread criticism globally with the United Nations (UN) and the Committee to Defend Journalists (CPJ) decrying the arrests, demanding the Taliban cease harassing native journalists and stifling freedom of speech by continued detentions and threats.

With the constant arbitrary arrests of journalists by the Taliban, the media in Afghanistan faces a number of restrictions. Within the final 12 months, a number of blood-curdling incidents of harassment of Afghan journalists and media staff have been recorded.

For the reason that Taliban took over Afghanistan in mid-August final 12 months, it rolled again ladies’s rights advances and media freedom revoking the efforts on gender equality and freedom of speech within the nation.

Over 45 p.c of journalists have stop for the reason that Taliban assumed energy.

The ever-increasing restrictions towards media in Afghanistan have additionally drawn widespread criticism globally with the United Nations (UN) and the Committee to Defend Journalists (CPJ) decrying the arrests, demanding the Taliban cease harassing native journalists and stifling freedom of speech by continued detentions and threats.

The Taliban had promised ladies’s rights, media freedom, and amnesty for presidency officers within the group’s first information convention after the takeover in August. Nevertheless, activists, former authorities workers, and journalists amongst others proceed to face retribution. (ANI)