Afghanistan: media worker briefly detained for covering women's arrest

Event
Country
  • Afghanistan
Initial Date
Feb 17, 2024
Event Description

Mansoor Nekmal, the Editor in Chief of Khaama Press, was arrested on 17 February after being summoned to the de facto Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue. Khaama had recently published a story about the Taliban arresting women for not wearing ‘proper’ hijab. He was detained for approximately 24 hours.

Impact of Event
1
Gender of HRD
  • Man
Violation
  • (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
Rights Concerned
  • Freedom of expression
    • Online
  • Right to liberty and security
HRD
  • Media Worker
Perpetrator-Non-State
  • Non-state
Source

SRMO Afghanistan Civic Space Quarterly Report (January - March 2024)

Monitoring Status
Pending
Event Location

Latitude: 34.45635072472584

Longitude: 69.10133771544663

Event Location
Summary for Publications

On 17 February 2024, media worker Mansoor Nekmal of Khaama Press, was detained for around 24 hours for reporting the Taliban's arrest of women for not wearing 'proper' hijab in Kabul, Afghanistan.