Reporting becomes more difficult for Afghan media workers...
Reporting is a complex profession – one made more difficult when media worker face intimidation, death threats and other dangers. Exacerbating the situation for Afghan journalists are the ongoing insecurity across the country and a lack of respect for the rule of law by authorities responsible for upholding the law.
In the course of performing their jobs, media workers are regularly being intimidated, beaten up and even murdered. Government authorities, freedom of speech organizations and other press advocates must pay attention to the pressures facing the media and respond appropriately. Five years after the fall of the Taliban and the establishment of at least a partial peace, there are still numerous challenges facing journalists. Media Watch is dedicated to documenting those challenges.
Media Watch investigates the following cases in this issue:
