{"id":7796,"date":"2022-01-09T08:21:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T08:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=7796"},"modified":"2022-01-09T08:21:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T08:21:37","slug":"arresting-jalal-described-as-curbs-on-freedom-of-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2022\/01\/arresting-jalal-described-as-curbs-on-freedom-of-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Arresting Jalal described as curbs on freedom of speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

KABUL (SW) – The Federation of Journalists and Media of Afghanistan called the detention of Faizullah Jalal, a professor at Kabul University, by the forces of the Islamic Emirate as a curb on freedom of expression, and called the continuation of such detentions contrary to human rights values and laws.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The federation has issued a statement calling on the Islamic Emirate to release the university professor as soon as possible in order to prevent further damage to freedom of expression and freedom of the media.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, has confirmed on Twitter that Faizullah Jalal, a professor at Kabul University, had been arrested by Islamic Emirate forces.<\/p>\n

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Mujahid wrote that Faizullah Jalal had been arrested for propagating “his nonsense on social media.”<\/div>\n
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The spokesman for the Islamic Emirate accused Jalal of playing “against the regime” and playing with the people’s dignity.<\/div>\n
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Faizullah Jalal was arrested from his home in Kabul yesterday. His arrest has provoked widespread reactions on social media, and even a campaign has been launched to secure his release.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have condemned his detention and called for his immediate and unconditional release.<\/div>\n
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KABUL (SW) – The Federation of Journalists and Media of Afghanistan called the detention of Faizullah Jalal, a professor at Kabul University, by the forces of the Islamic Emirate as a curb on freedom of expression, and called the continuation of such detentions contrary to human rights values and laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17,18,229,5,8,4,6,7],"tags":[12,683,733,734],"class_list":["post-7796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soceity","category-security_","category-peace","category-arts-culture","category-politics_","category-governance","category-news_","category-afghanistan","category-headline","tag-afghanistan","tag-islamic-emirate","tag-jalal","tag-freedom-of-speech"],"views":423,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7796","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}