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Afghanistan: Press freedom in free-fall in run-up to presidential election
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Publisher:  Reporters without Borders
Date Written:  23/03/09
Year Published:  2009  
Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter

Reporters Without Borders has released the report of a fact-finding visit to Afghanistan in January. Entitled “We have free speech, but we’re not safe and we don’t act responsibly".

Abstract:  murder of Jawed Ahmad, a stringer for various Canadian news media, in Kandahar, the newspaper Payman’s closure as a result of pressure from conservatives and the government, and the supreme court’s confirmation of Perwiz Kambakhsh’s 20-year jail sentence are all evidence that press freedom is in serious crisis.

Reporters Without Borders has released the report of a fact-finding visit to Afghanistan in January. Entitled “We have free speech, but we’re not safe and we don’t act resp...
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