Press Freedom Violations 2024
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Total Incidents
Subtypes of Incidents
January-June
| Threat: 60 |Arrest, Criminal Charge: 29|
local journalists
- Media: -
- Job: Local Journalists
- Type of Incident: Threat
- Location: kandahar
- Date: Feb 18
- Molla Shirin Akhund, the Taliban's acting governor of Kandahar, instructed local and military officials to prohibit photography and filming at their gatherings. He emphasized that work reports should be published only in written or audio formats. Journalists in Kandahar have reported that this directive has already complicated their ability to conduct interviews with local officials.
- Assailant/Arresting Authority: Molla Shirin Akhund, the Taliban's acting governor of Kandahar