{"id":15495,"date":"2023-08-23T20:33:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T15:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=15495"},"modified":"2023-08-23T20:33:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T15:33:20","slug":"cpj-urges-taliban-to-released-detained-iranian-photojournalist-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2023\/08\/23\/cpj-urges-taliban-to-released-detained-iranian-photojournalist-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"CPJ urges Taliban to released detained Iranian photojournalist in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>CPJ urges Taliban to released detained Iranian photojournalist in Afghanistan <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a U.S.-based watchdog body, Tuesday called on the Taliban authorities to \u201cimmediately and unconditionally\u201d release Iranian photojournalist Mohammad Hossein Velayati and cease harassing members of the press in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On August 19, Taliban authorities detained Velayati, a photographer for Iran\u2019s semi-official Tasnim News Agency, at Kabul International Airport before boarding a flight to Iran, CPJ said, citing his employer and a reporter in Kabul familiar with the case who was not named.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Velayati had travelled to Afghanistan for a 10-day personal visit, CPJ said, adding that authorities have not disclosed any reason for Velayati\u2019s detention or where he was being held.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe detention of Iranian photojournalist Mohammad Hossein Velayati is the latest blow to press freedom in Afghanistan, as the Taliban has ramped up its efforts to crack down on the media in recent weeks,\u201d Beh Lih Yi, CPJ\u2019s Kuala Lumpur-based Asia programme coordinator, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaliban authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Velayati, explain why they detained him in the first place, and end these arbitrary arrests once and for all,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid did not respond to a CPJ\u2019s request for comment sent via messaging app, CPJ said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban has detained at least five other journalists this month on claims they worked for media outlets operating from exile, according to CPJ. Authorities also banned women\u2019s voices from broadcasts in Helmand province.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the fall of Kabul on August 15, 2021, the Taliban\u2019s repression of the Afghan media has worsened,\u201d it said, adding, \u201cOn the second anniversary of the group\u2019s return to power, CPJ called on the Taliban to stop its relentless campaign of intimidation and abide by its promise to protect journalists in Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source(s) &amp; Courtesy: APP<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CPJ urges Taliban to released detained Iranian photojournalist in Afghanistan &nbsp; The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a U.S.-based watchdog body, Tuesday called on the Taliban authorities to \u201cimmediately and unconditionally\u201d release Iranian photojournalist Mohammad Hossein Velayati and cease harassing members of the press in Afghanistan. &nbsp; On August 19, Taliban authorities detained Velayati, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2805,2297],"tags":[2409,3146,3148,3147,2526],"class_list":["post-15495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-rights","category-latest-news","tag-afghanistan","tag-cpj","tag-mohammad-hossein-velayati","tag-photographer","tag-taliban"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15495"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15496,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15495\/revisions\/15496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}