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Dead body of Mohammad Muhsin Hashimi, who worked for Saday-e- Nejraab radio stations in Kapisa province has been found near his home village of Kharij Dara in Nejraab district.
Family of Muhsin Hashimi informed Nejraab’s security organs about his abduction case on 1st May 2013. But his dead body found 200 meters away of his home after 19 days. read more...

Kher Mohammad Timor, Takher’s former chief of police who was misbehaving the journalists during the past seven months has been dismissed. The dismissal happened based on the requests from NIA and other media outlets, on 16th May 2013, by the Ministry of Interior Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. read more...

KABUL – AFGHANISTAN - Over 100 Afghan media professionals, a third of whom were women, engaged in open dialogue with officials from the Independent Elections Commission (IEC) in an early effort to ensure free and fair elections in Afghanistan.
On March 6, 2013, a media and elections workshop, funded by AusAID and facilitated by Nai, Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan, brought together media leaders and journalists from Afghanistan provinces as distant and diverse as Badakshan, Kunduz, Helmand, Bamyan, Paktika, Paktya, and Samangan. read more...

In an effort to combat sexual and gender based violence, Nai, Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan, urges Afghan and international media organizations working in Afghanistan to stop using the terms “honor killings” and “harmful traditional practices” in their stories and reports.
One of the strongest ways to influence people is in the choice of language. Mass media contributes to vocabulary building, influences language usage, and delivers conventional wisdom. read more...

At least 7 reporters and cameramen who wanted to provide new coverage and report from a terrorist attack took place this morning were beaten, abused and their reporting tools were confiscated by security forces in Jalal Aabad city.
In the terrorist attack occurred in front of Nngarhar National Directorate of Security early Sunday, reporters and photographers tried to get to the scene, but faced with sever inhibition of security forces. read more...

Complains of Afghan Media and journalists’ regarding the activities of illegal Media Violation Investigation Commission is increasing days by day. Afghan journalists’ accuse this commission for studying their cases without them being present and forward the cases to judicial institutions.
In the most recent case, Aarmane Melli newspaper’s case was sent to Attorney General due to the complains made by Nilofar Ibrahemi, one of the parliament members. Attorney General forwarded this case to Media Violation Investigation Commission and this commission without calling the officials of the newspaper decided to send the case to Attorney General. read more...

Partaw Nadiri, the famous Afghan poet and writer, who’s case, was sent to attorney general’s office a while ago, it has been refunded to Media Violation Investigation Commission in Ministry of Information and Culture.
Partaw Naderi, who was asked to come to attorney general’s office for response to the complains made by Dawood Ali Najafi, Minister of Aviation and Transportation, refused to go their because the order was not legal. He was asked to come to attorney general’s office in late January. read more...

Based on the received information from Isamic Republic of Iran, 10 reporters and journalists were collectively arrested by the Iranian government.
Based on the reports, the officials who had the arrest orders with them rushed into the newspapers and news agency offices and detained the journalists and reporters. read more...

Afghan National Federation of journalists announced its presence. Nine journalists’ associations and defendant institutions are members of this federation.
Nai, Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan has welcomed formation of this federation. It wishes that formation of this federation could remove challenges raises time to time against reporters. Nine journalists’ associations are members of the federation. read more...

A banner in which “the freedom of expression road is written was ” installed in front of the ministry of Information and Culture.
Nai, supporting open media in Afghanistan, following its and the journalists’ community request from ministry of Information and Culture and Kabul municipality to name the road in front of ministry of Information and Culture as “freedom of expression road” installed a banner where written “freedom of expression road” in front of ministry of Information and Culture. read more...

69 cases of violence against reporters have been recorded in Media Watch Annual Report. In 2012, 2 reporters are killed, 9 are injured, 3 are temporarily detained, 19 are beaten, 11 are insulted and 25 of them are threatened.
45 of the above mentioned valences have been perpetrated by government officials, 4 perpetrated by Taliban, 1by International Forces in Afghanistan and 19 other cases are perpetrated by unknown people. read more...

Nai, Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan has asked all journalists and media outlets to assist the committee which is formed for preparing a procedure for Media Code of Ethics. Currently the Afghan media lacks such a procedure which resulted in serious problems for the media.
Broadcasting of irritant pictures and disclosure of victims of attacks and the violence which recently been increased in the print and electronic media created concern for the people of Afghanistan. read more...

For the first time in Afghanistan Nai, Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan with the assistance of Internews Network has prepared the materials of this course and will conduct soon.
The course discusses the media law of, media ethics, and media policy in two, local/Afghan and international levels. Executive Director of Nai, Abdul Mujeeb Khelvatgar says: with regards to the increase of the violence against journalists and media, Nai has started his primary investigation on the reasons of the violence. read more...

President Karzai criticized number of media outlets and their broadcasting and said; some Afghan media outlets harm and deter people’s perception and thoughts by airing disruptive talk shows and reports.
President Kaarzai ordered the information and culture ministry to take appropriate action against these outlets. read more...

Nai supporting open media in Afghanistan held the first annual award to recognize excellence in women’s rights reporting in Afghanistan at a ceremony on 27 September 2012.
Three journalists reporting in the area of women’s rights were presented awards recognizing their work following a public call for entries. read more...

The draft of mass media introduced by Ministry of Information and Culture recently, is not fulfilling the demand of journalism community in Afghanistan.
Ministry of Information and Culture has provided journalists the draft of mass media law to be evaluated for the second time. read more...

The Afghan government, in an unprecedented take, banned the distribution of all Pakistani print media in the eastern provinces of Afghanistan.
According to the Ministry of Interior, Pakistani print media has recently been diagnosed with publishing of content contrary with the national interest of Afghanistan. read more...

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