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2019 – La liste des 10 journalistes et collaborateurs tués en Afghanistan

23/01/2020 dans , /par

Selon l’association NAI – Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan, en 2019, 10 journalistes et professionnels des médias ont été tués et 21 blessés. Il y a aussi 115 cas de violence enregistrés par la NAI contre des journalistes, notamment: assassinat, enroulé, roué de coups, menaces, insulte, arrestations de courte durée, enlèvement, attaque contre des médias et manque d’accès à l’information en 2019 dans le pays.

Parallèlement, Reporters sans frontières (RSF) a reconnu dans son rapport annuel que l’Afghanistan était le troisième pays dangereux pour les journalistes en 2019 dans le monde mais en ne recenssant la mort que de six journalistes et travailleurs des médias.

Les talibans et l’État islamique (EI) sont très impliqués dans ces attaques contre le journalisme et le personnel des médias en Afghanistan. ils ont visé le journaliste dans le but de faire taire la liberté de la presse et sans peur.

Qui sont les victimes?

Le premier décès d’un journaliste en 2019 s’est passé en Afghanistan

Le premier décès d’un journaliste en 2019 dans le monde en 2019 a été enregistré en Afghanistan. Javid Noori, 27 ans, fut la première victime des crimes contre les journalistes. 

Nom: Javid Noori

Travail: Citizen-journalist pour Radio Neshat

Comment ? Meurtre

Par qui ? Taliban

Où ? Province de Farah

Quand ? 5 Janvier 2019

Nom: Rahimullah Rahmani

Travail: Presentateur à Hamsada Radio

Comment ? Meurtre

Par qui ? Inconnu

Où ? Ville de Taliqan dans la province de Takhar

Quand ? 5 février 2019

Nom: Shafiq Aria

Travail: reporteur à Hamsada Radio

Comment ? Meurtre

Par qui ? Inconnu

Où ? Ville de Taliqan dans la province de Takhar

Date: 5 février 2019

Nom: Sultan Mahmoud Khirkhwa

Travail: journaliste à Zhman TV channel

Comment ? Meurtre

Par qui ? ISIS (=Daesh)

Où ? Khost City

Date: 15 mars 2019

Nom: Meena Mangal

Travail: présentatrice des journaux d’information à la télévision Lemar TV

Comment ? Meurtre

Par qui ? Des hommes armés inconnus

Où ? Kabul

Quand ? 11 mai 2019

Nom : Sakhi Baluch           

Travail : Technicien de State TV

Comment ? Meurtre

Par qui ? Un inconnu

Où ? Trinkut, province de Zabul

Date: 12 juin 2019

Nom : Abdul Raouf Emalzai

Travail : Fixeur, accompagnateur et sécurité pour Shamshad TV

Comment ? Meurtre

Par qui ? Taliban

Où ? Kabul

Date: 1 Juillet 2019

Nom: Nader Shah Sahibzada

Travail: Présentateur et producteur à la radio « Voice of Gardiz »

Comment ? Meurtre

Par qui ? Des inconnus

Où ? Gardiz dans la province de Paktia

Date: 13 juillet 2019

Nom: Abdul Hamid Hotaki

Travail: présentateur à Hewad Radio

Comment ? Sauter dans une mine

Par qui ? Taliban

Où ? Province de Kandahar

Date: 25 septembre 2019

Nom: Waheed Mujda

Travail : écrivain, rédacteur et analyste politique

Comment ? Assassinat

Par qui ? Des inconnus armés 

Où ? Kabul

Quand ? 20 novembre 2019

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Articles d’Hafiz Ahmad Miakhel


10 journalists and media workers killed in 2019 in Afghanistan

22/01/2020 dans /par

According to NAI – Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan, 10 journalists and media workers killed and 21 injured in 2019. 115 violence cases recorded by NAI against journalists which include: assassination, wound up, beaten up, threats, insult, short-term arrestments, kidnap, attack on media outlets and lack of access to information in 2019 in the country.

At the same time, Reporters without Borders (RSF) in its annual report recognized Afghanistan the third dangerous country for journalists in 2019 in the world by killing of six journalists and media workers.

Taliban and Islamic State (ISIS) who involved in crimes against humanity are the most responsible for the attacks on Journalist and media staff in Afghanistan. they targeted the Journalist aimed at silence press freedom and fearless.

Who are the victims?

The first death of 2019 world wide

The first death of a journalist in 2019 word wide registered in Afghanistan. 27 years old Javid Noori was the first journalist killed by Taliban in 2019 in the world.

Name:Javid Noori

Job: citizen-journalist for Radio Neshat

Type of death: Murdered

By: Taliban

Location: Farah Province

Date: 5 January 2019

Name: Rahimullah Rahmani

Job: Presenter, Hamsada Radio

Type of death: Murdered

By: Unkown

Location: Taliqan, Takhar provine

Date: 5 Feb 2019

Name: Shafiq Aria

Job: reporter, Hamsada Radio

Type of death: Murdered

By: Unknown

Location: Taliqan, Takhar province

Date: 5 Feb 2019

Name: Sultan Mahmoud Khirkhwa

Job: Journalist, Zhman TV channel

Type of death: Murdered

By: ISIS

Location: Khost city

Date: 15 March 2019

Name: Meena Mangal

Job: former TV presenter at Lemar TV

Type of death: Murdered

By: unknown gunmen

Location: Kabul

Date: 11 May 2019

Name: Sakhi Baluch           

Job: Technician, State TV

Type of death: Murdered

By: Unkown

Location: Trinkut, Zabul province

Date: 12 June 2019

Name: Abdul raouf Emalzai

Job: Security guard, Shamshad TV

Type of death: Murdered

By: Taliban

Location: Kabul

Date: 1 July 2019

Name: Nader shah Sahibzada

Job: Presenter/producer, Radio (Voice of Gardiz)

Type of death: Murdered

By: Unkown

Location: Gardiz, Paktia province

Date: 13 July 2019

Name: Abdul Hamid Hotaki

Job: presenter at Hewad Radio

Type of death: mine blast

By: Taliban

Location: Kandahar Province

Date: 25 September 2019

Name:Waheed Mujda

Job:  writer and political analyst 

Type of death: assassination

By: unknown gunmen 

Location: Kabul city

Date: 20 November 2019

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Articles d’Hafiz Ahmad Miakhel


Afghanistan: six premiers mois sanguinaires pour les journalistes

10/07/2019 dans , /par

En Afghanistan, 9 journalistes sont morts en 2019

Actualisation de l’article daté du 1er aout 2019

En juillet 2019, 37 cas de violence contre les journalistes en Afghanistan ont été déclarés. 

3 meurtres – 8 blessés – 11 arrestations – 12 menaces et insultes

Ces derniers chiffres montrent une augmentation significative de la violence contre les journalistes afghans dans leur pays. Lors d’une conférence de presse à Kaboul, le comité afghan de sécurité des journalistes souhaite que le gouvernement afghan prenne toutes les mesures possibles pour prévenir la violence contre les journalistes.

Durant ces six premier mois de 2019, l’Afghanistan a perdu au moins six journalistes en six incidents différents. En 2018, l’Afghanistan était déjà le pays le plus meurtrier au monde pour les journalistes. Cette année s’annonce atrocement similaire.

Déjà 35 cas de violence en 2019 contre les journalistes et le personnel des medias enregistrés par Nai Media Institute en Afghanistan. Le décompte ne s’arrête pas là et il est sanglant : six meurtres, six blessures graves, dix-sept  menaces et insultes. Il y a aussi des actions terroristes : trois attaques contre les médias et une explosion à la voiture piégée.  

Ces attentats se pratiquent par vague : les forces de sécurité et médicales accourent pour secourir les journalistes ayant réchappés à l’attentat. C’est le moment choisi pour déclencher une deuxième bombe. Cette scène s’est déroulée à Kaboul l’année dernière : 9 journalistes avaient été tués dans ce double attentat du 30 avril 2018.  

Récemment, les Talibans ont lancé de nouvelles menaces contre les médias en Afghanistan, en demandant l’arrêt immédiat des publicités pro-gouvernement. Être journaliste dans un pays ravagé par la guerre et les luttes intestines représente un danger permanent. Les Talibans et l’Etat Islamique sont responsables des crimes contre les journalistes et ceux qui accompagnent les journalistes. Les Talibans ont décidé que les journalistes afghans étaient dorénavant leur cible privilégié.

Janvier

Afghan Journalist Javid Noori

Javid Noori est le premier journaliste tué dans le monde en 2019. C’était le 5 janvier. Voyageant dans un bus, il a été tué lors d’un barrage routier à Frarah, une province dans l’ouest du pays où il travaillait pour Neshat Radio, une radio locale. Javid Noori avait 27 ans.

Février

Local journalists Shafiqullah Arya and Rahimullah Rahmani

En février, deux autres journalistes sont tués par balle dans Takhar, une province dans le nord de l’Afghanistan.

Shafiqullah Arya et Rahimullah Rahmani ont été tués par deux inconnus qui sont entrés dans les bureaux de Radio Hamsada, une station de radio basée en Taloqan, ville située dans le nord ouest de l’Afghanistan. Comble de l’horreur, ils ont étés tués lors de leur émission, pendant qu’ils étaient en direct à la radio.

Mars

View of Sultan Mahmood Khairkhwas tomb in Southern Khost province of Afghanistan

Sultan Mahmood Khairkwa, journaliste afghan pour Zhman TV est mort des complications après qu’il est reçu une balle dans la tête par des hommes armés se revendiquant de l’Etat Islamique.

Un autre journaliste est mort ce même mois de mars, il s’agit de Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi. Journaliste afghan, il voulait se rendre à son travail en prenant sa voiture. Mais sa voiture a explosé, piégée par une bombe. Cette fois-ci, c’était dans le sud de l’Aafghanistan. Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi travaillait avec  la chaine de télévison  Sabawoon.

Avril

Cette fois-ci, un homme armée a attaqué le radio journaliste, Imran Lemar. Lemar travaillait pour Mazal radio. Il a été blessé par balle par un homme armé inconnu dans la grande ville de l’est, Jalalabad, le 25 avril.

Ce même mois d’avril, le rédacteur en chef du média 1TV, Abdullah Khanjani, était frappé ou plutôt battu par les gardes du corps de la protection présidentielle. Cet événement s’est passé à Kaboul, la capitale.

Mai

Meena Mangal presenting TV show in local TV in Kabul

Contrairement à une idée reçue, de nombreuses femmes sont journalistes en Afghanistan. Elles ne sont pas épargnées.

C’est le cas de Meena Mangal, tuée à Kaboul alors qu’elle se rendait à son travail. Sa famille a imploré le gouvernement de mettre en place une enquête pour retrouver les assassins.

Loin de la violence, Meena Mangal était amatrice de poèsie, voici son ultime poème. 

Meena mangal ki last poem

Publiée par Lar aw bar yo Afghan sur Samedi 11 mai 2019

Les chefs d’Etat du monde entier, dont le canadien Justin Trudeau, ont demandé qu’on se souvienne de Meena Mangal come une journaliste à l’intégrité totale qui s’est battue toute sa vie pour les droits des femmes d’Afghanistan, quelle que soit leur âge. 

Meena Mangal travaillait à Tolo TV, le plus grand diffuseur privé d’Afghanistan, mais aussi pour d’autres médias. Elle était aussi conseillère culturelle à la chambre basse du parlement national d’Afghanistan.

Juin

AFJC Shaki Baluch

Selon les médias afghans, le journaliste Shaki Baluch a été tué au Zabul, la province du sud d’Afghanistan, par des hommes armés. De plus, 7 employés de Shamshad TV ont été blessés dans une attaque.  

Si ce début d’année sanglant pour les journalistes afghans ne choque plus l’opinion mondiale, l’appel des insurgés à tuer le plus possible de journaliste devrait attirer l’attention. Mais attention à ne pas oublier les nombreux blessés. Entre les enlèvements, les passages à tabac, les insultes, les humiliations et les blessures volontaires, être journaliste en Afghanistan c’est vivre dans la peur permanente. 

De plus, nous pouvons constaté que les crimes contres ces journalistes sont dans l’ensemble du pays et non pas circonscit à une ou deux régions. 

Pourtant, le gouvernement a pris des engagements répétés pour assurer la protection des journalistes. En 2018, avec 15 journalistes tués, l’Afghanistan était reconnu comme le pays le plus meurtrier pour les journalistes dans le monde. 2019 repart sur les mêmes bases.

Afghanistan: another deadly Year for Journalists in 2019

10/07/2019 dans /par

Within the first six months of 2019, Afghanistan has lost six of its journalists in separate incidents, the first death of a journalist was recorded by RSF in Afghanistan this year.

35 cases of violence against journalists and media staff were recorded by Nai, supporting open media in Afghanistan which includes 5 cases of murder, 6 injuries, 17 cases of threats and insults, 3 cases of attacks on media, 3 cases of beating, and 1 case of IED explosion.

Unfortunately, murder cases are just the most extreme violences against journalists but other violences remain prevalent including: kidnapping, beating, injuring, insulting and humiliating journalists.

Recently the Taliban terrorist group issued new threats to media outlets in Afghanistan, demanding an immediate halt to publications of pro-government advertisements.

Working as a journalist in war-torn Afghanistan is not easy and safety is an increasing concern for journalists around the country.

The Taliban and Islamic State (ISIS) were involved in crimes against humanity and are the most responsible for the attacks on journalists and media staff in Afghanistan. They targeted journalists, aimed to silence press freedom and incite fear among the people.

January

Afghan Journalist Javid Noori

Javid Noori was the first journalist in the world killed in Afghanistan by Taliban fighters on January 5th, 2019.

He was killed when the Taliban searched a bus he was on at a roadblock in the western Frarah province of Afghanistan. Only 27 years old, Javid Noori worked for Neshat Radio in the western Farah province of Afghanistan.

February

Local journalists Shafiqullah Arya and Rahimullah Rahmani

In February, two other radio journalists were shot and killed in the northern Takhar province of Afghanistan.

Shafiqullah Arya and Rahimullah Rahmani were shot and killed by two unidentified men who entered Radio Hamsada’s office, a local radio station based in Taloqan city in northeastern Afghanistan. They were killed during a live program.

March

View of Sultan Mahmood Khairkhwas tomb in Southern Khost province of Afghanistan

Sultan Mahmood Khairkhwa, local Afghan journalist of Zhman TV died from complications after being shot in head by ISIS gunmen in the southern Khost city of Afghanistan on March 15th.

More violence against journalists this month was seriously wounded Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi. Ahmadi the local Afghan journalist was on his way to his office when an IED bomb that was embedded in his car, detonated in Lashkargah city of Helmand province in southwestern Afghanistan.

He worked with Helmand based Sabawoon TV in Afghanistan.

April

More bad news for journalists this month, a gunmen attacked radio journalist, Imran Lemar. Lemar worked at Mazal radio and was shot & injured by an unknown gunman in the eastern Jalalabad city of Afghanistan on April 25th.

Also in April, the 1TV Editor-in-Chief, Abdullah Khenjani was beaten by a presidential protection guard in Kabul city.

May

Meena Mangal presenting TV show in local TV in Kabul

Tragic news in May for the family of female Afghan journalist, Meena Mangal who was shot dead Kabul, the capital city by unknown gunmen.

Meena Mangal was shot dead in public on May 11th while she was on her way to work in Kabul. Her family wants justice from the government.

Leaders from around the world like Justin Trudeau commended Meena Mangal’s journalistic integrity and her advocacy for women and girls while condemning the violence that ended her life.

She worked at Tolo TV, the largest private broadcaster in Afghanistan, as well as Shamshad and Lemar television stations.

She had also recently become a cultural adviser to the lower chamber of Afghanistan’s national parliament.

July

AFJC Shaki Baluch

According to the Afghan media, Shaki Baluch, a local journalist of National broadcaster (RTA) killed in southern Zabul province of Afghanistan by unknown gunmen in the month of July and also seven employees of local Shamshad TV stations were wounded in an attack in the capital of the country.

Moreover, recently Taliban insurgents issued new threats against Afghan media which sparks Global Reaction. Unfortunately, murder cases are just the most extreme violences against journalists but other violences remain prevalent including: kidnapping, beating, injuring, insulting and humiliating journalists.

The Afghan government has made repeated commitments to ensure the protection of journalists and journalistic protection institutions have repeatedly asked the government to protect journalists. But challenges remain for journalist’s safety today. RSF recognized Afghanistan as the deadliest country for journalists in the world. 15 journalists were killed in 2018.

The state of the press in Afghanistan: the country where journalists die the most

15/05/2019 dans /par

In the first two months of 2019, the Afghan Media Community lost three of its members in two successive incidents. Javid Noori, a radio journalist, was executed by the Taliban on January 5, 2019 in the western province of Farah. The second attack targeted the premises of a radio station in the northeast of the country and caused the deaths of two journalists, Shafiq Aria and Rahimullah Rahmani. On the heels of 2018, the year 2019 in Afghanistan is already announced as one of the most deadly for practicing journalists.

In 2018, Reporters Without Borders ranked Afghanistan as the worst country in the world for journalists, with the assassination of 15 news professionals in one year. The NGO Nai SOMA -Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan- recorded in 2019 a number of violent acts committed against the press in the country, from the killing of these three journalists, to the armed attacks against editorial staff, including radio stations in the provinces and Taliban threats against two journalists in the south of the country, as well as the incessant insults that all professionals deal with every day.

An Afghan policy for the diversity of the press

Since the fall of the Taliban in 2001 and the media law passed by the Afghan Parliament in its wake, media growth has been exponential.

Afghanistan is the birthplace of more than 500 newspapers, 76 TV channels, nearly 150 radio stations and numerous news agencies. There is momentum towards plurality, thanks to the success of the government, but journalists today pay a high price.

Omnipresent insecurity

Working as a journalist in war-torn Afghanistan is not easy and security is a major issue for all professionals in the country.

According to the Ministry of Defense, there are about 20 regional and international terrorist groups operating in Afghanistan, the result of a 40-year war that has hit the population and journalists hard. The number of acts of violence against the profession have been steadily increasing since 2014 and since the withdrawal of foreign troops.

196 cases of violence were recorded in 2018 by Nai SOMA, including killings, beatings, violent injuries, insults, repeated arrests, kidnapping, attacks on editors and reduction of news sources.

A double bombing on the streets of Kabul on April 30, 2018 resulted in the death of nine journalists, including Sha Marai Fezi, an AFP correspondent photographer, and six reporters from Radio Free Europe and Tolo News, making it the worst attack in the world against the press since 2009.

Who is behind the violence against journalists?

Committees for the protection of journalists emphasize the responsibility of the Afghan government for the ongoing insecurity of journalists in the field.

Insurgent groups

The Taliban and ISIS, directly involved in crimes against humanity, are primarily responsible for attacking news professionals in Afghanistan, targeting journalists in order to silence the country’s press.

The April 2018 bombing of nine journalists and the assassination of seven members of the TOLO TV team in Kabul in 2016 are just some examples of the violence of these Taliban groups against the profession of journalism.

The attack perpetrated in November 2017 on the building of the TV channel Shamshad TV is an illustration of the war carried out by ISIS.

Afghan officials, security forces and militants

Afghan journalists and reporters who publish investigations and articles that are critical of the government also face threats and violence from the representatives of the Afghan public authorities.

According to the NAI SOMA, the government and its officials are responsible for about 62 cases of violence against press professionals.

The last obstacle to freedom of the press in the country: the barons of war and their permanent intimidation against any author of articles harmful to their business.

Self-censorship

Many media professionals have practiced self-censorship as a pledge of survival; The government and other perpetrators of journalists’ rights violations play a key role in increasing the pressure on the shoulders of “those who wish to speak,” and maintain the vicious circle of self-censorship.

The imbalance between security and self-censorship of the journalist is particularly noticeable in the treatment of subjects related to drugs, the activities of terrorist groups and other types of illegal traffic.

© Helmand Media office

The precarity of Afghan journalists

While the perception of their profession can appear rather positive to Afghan journalists thanks to the types of contracts that are satisfactory for many of them (according to the internal reports) and clearly defined compensation, many abuses and a certain precariousness have been deplored by many professionals.

The pressure exercised by the press bosses on their employees is commonplace and feeds on the legal vagueness that covers many contracts. Legal remedies are very often prevented, a situation that makes it even more difficult for journalists to work calmly. Many journalists and reporters based in Afghanistan have faced unfair dismissals from their bosses.

Financial dependence of the Afghan media

Independence of the media in Afghanistan is made impossible by the dependency that binds them to aid from abroad, which come from certain national opposition parties or are even instrumentalized by foreign powers.

The « donor » often matches their funding with an agenda of topics to be addressed by the recipient newspaper, thus serving their own interests over those of the general public. Media outlets with financial difficulties must dismiss their teams or are forced to close their editorial staff.

The exile of journalists

According to the NAI SOMA more than 300 journalists fled Afghanistan for Europe in 2015 following the violence on the ground. There are departures of media professionals in groups of 15 or 20 accompanied by their families.

The violence of exile adds to all of the violence that has come before. In 2016, photojournalist Feroz Muzafar and his family were killed off the coast of Turkey with one last hope of reaching Europe, adding to the total number of Afghan journalists who have died for their jobs.

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Une nouvelle attaque blesse gravement un journaliste afghan

12/03/2019 dans /par

[Attaque] L’Afghanistan ? Un cimetière pour journalistes. Détenant le record du nombre de journaliste tué en 2018, l’Afghanistan reste dans un rythme élevé avec déjà deux décès en 2019. Il s’agit d’une attaque le 5 février où les journalistes Rahmani Rahimullah et Arya Shafiq de la radio Hamseda ont été tués.

Etat de la presse en Afghanistan : le pays où les journalistes meurent le plus

28/02/2019 dans , /par

[ANALYSE] Durant les deux premiers mois de 2019, la Communauté des Médias Afghans a perdu trois de ses membres au cours de deux incidents successifs. Javid Noori, journaliste de radio, a été exécuté par des talibans le 5 janvier 2019 dans la province occidentale de Farah. La seconde attaque a visé les locaux d’une station de radio du nord est du pays et causé la mort de deux journalistes, Shafiq Aria et Rahimullah Rahmani. Sur les pas de 2018, l’année 2019 en Afghanistan s’annonce d’ores et déjà comme l’une des plus meutrières pour les journalistes en exercice.