RASC News Agency: At the same time as the International Access to Information Day, the Afghanistan Media Support Organization (NAI) has announced that the systematic restrictions on access to information have faced a challenging future for journalism in Afghanistan.
On Thursday, September 28, publishing a statement on the occasion of International Access to Information Day, NAI said that during their survey, 89 percent of journalists confirmed that access to information was disrupted after the Taliban took over.
September 28 is World Access to Information Day.
This institution also added that in Afghanistan under the control of the Taliban group, journalism and information work is facing serious challenges.
In a statement of this organization, it is stated that challenges such as the lack of work safety and physical violence against journalists and media workers are among other things that have led to concern in the field of journalism in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, the Free Journalists’ Union of Afghanistan also published a report on the occasion of World Access to Information Day and said that this office found that 73.9 percent of journalists believe that the recent developments have severely affected access to information, which is one of the most important elements and basic rights of citizens.
This is despite the fact that following the recent political changes in the country and the imposition of severe restrictions by the Taliban group on the work of journalists and media in the country, half of the media have ceased to operate and nearly 70% of journalists have become unemployed.
Meanwhile, some reports indicate that a number of media outlets in the country engage in self-censorship due to the restrictions imposed by the Taliban group.
