{"id":31173,"date":"2026-11-02T09:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T09:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=31173"},"modified":"2026-11-02T09:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T09:08:12","slug":"unama-safety-of-journalists-must-be-a-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2026\/11\/unama-safety-of-journalists-must-be-a-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"UNAMA: Safety of journalists must be a priority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rabab Fatima, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), has said that the work of journalists is essential for fostering dialogue, peace, and good governance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a post on X on Monday (Nov. 2), Fatima said, while marking the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, that protecting journalists who dedicate their lives to seeking the truth must be a priority for everyone in Afghanistan and around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Ministry of Information and Culture of the Islamic Emirate said it had coordinated with government institutions to ensure the safety of journalists and protect their rights.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, the United Nations General Assembly designated November 2 as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists. The day highlights the need to protect journalists and end impunity for those responsible for violence against them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rabab Fatima, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), has said that the work of journalists is essential for fostering dialogue, peace, and good governance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":31174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,984,983,23,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news","category-media-freedom","category-multimedia","category-afghanistan"],"views":5,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31173"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31176,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31173\/revisions\/31176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}