Media: Private radio station

Job: director

Type of Incident: Arrest

Location: Maimana

Date: Jul 22

Alemi was detained by the Taliban police in Maimana, the provincial capital of Faryab province. Local authorities stated that his detention is unrelated to his journalistic work. However, on August 18, Alemi was sentenced to one year in prison for engaging in an “unlawful relationship with a girl”.

Assailant/Arresting Authority: Taliban police