Taliban form 11 new rules to curb Afghan media content
In a move to supress media freedom in Afghanistan, the Taliban have introduced‘11 rules’against news organisations. The decision was taken to put an proscription on publishing content that’s in conflict with Islam or affronting to public personalities.
he New York Times in a report mentioned that the Taliban have also asked the intelligencers to write or feature news particulars in collaboration with government media services.
Steven Butler, a elderly member of an US- grounded praess freedom organisation said” Intelligencers are just alarmed.”He added,”The association had been entering hundreds of emails from (Afghan) intelligencers asking for help,” said the New York Times report.
The report mentioned that ever since the collapse of the Afghan government, over 150 media outlets in Afghanistan have shut down after failing carry out day-to- day functions. This is because the Taliban has been continuously creating intrusion in media’s’ right to information’, which has hampered the work of intelligencers, reported Tolo News.
Some of the prominent journals were also forced to stop print operations and go online- only amid the country’s sharp profitable downturn, reported the New York Times.
Before in this month, the Taliban also cracked upon intelligencers covering demonstrations against the’ new government’ formed after ousting the democratically tagged government.
Rather of keeping pledges of honouring and esteeming mortal values, the group continues to violate introductory mortal rights of media help as they’re being wearied, tortured, and killed.
Ever since the Taliban took over, there has been a change in the content being shown on private Television channels. Critical news bulletins, political debates, entertainment, music shows and foreign dramatizations have been replaced with programmes acclimatized to suit the Taliban government.
The Committee to Cover Intelligencers (CPJ) has also asked the Taliban to incontinently stop detaining intelligencers in Afghanistan and allow the media to operate freely and without fear of reprisal.
Dawa Khan Menapal, the Director of Afghanistan’s Government Information Media Center in Kabul was killed in the first week of August.
Two days latterly, intelligencer Toofan Omar of Paktia Ghag Radio, was boggled by the Taliban fighters. Soon after Kabul fell, Taliban fighters began looking for intelligencers and numerous were tortured while some were killed, reported Al Arabiya Post.
