MONITORING (SW) – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has written to Richard Bennett, the UN’s new special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, calling for urgent action to defend journalists and press freedom in Afghanistan, where arbitrary arrests are on the rise and a climate of fear has taken hold in all media outlets.
MONITORING (SW) – People in Afghanistan are facing a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of unparalleled proportions, said the UNHCR on Monday.
KABUL (SW) – Press freedom activists and journalists believe curbs are mounting with every passing day under the rule of the Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan.
KABUL (SW) – Prolonged closure of girls schools has left devastating impacts on the students hearts and minds, said experts.
KABUL (SW) – Viral videos of harassment and persecution of Afghan refugees in Iran has sparked outrage and anger.
KABUL (SW) – Analysts warn Afghanistan would face a catastrophe if the ongoing humanitarian support was halted.
BAMYAN (SW) – Local sources in Bamyan, who did not want to be identified, told Salam Watandar that intelligence forces had arrested and interrogated 11 women since Saturday on charges of disrupting a program in support of the Islamic Emirate.
KABUL (SW) – The Afghanistan Journalist Safety Committee (AJSC) has called for the immediate release of Ghulam Rabbani, its provincial member in Ghor province, by the forces of the Islamic Emirate.
MONITORING (SW) – Mette Knudsen, Deputy Special Representative (Political) for Afghanistan, has said the situation in the government had remained unclear since the Islamic Emirate took control of Afghanistan.
KABUL (SW) – A number of religious scholars on Thursday criticized the closure of secondary schools and high schools for girls, saying that this was harming the image of Islam.
KABUL (SW) – A number of media outlets that have not paid their due taxes, license fee or other dues would be closed down, officials warned on Wendesday.
KABUL (SW) – Women and children in Afghanistan are bearing the brunt of the country’s humanitarian crisis, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said.
