Afghanistan: detained media worker said to be subject to daily torture
Event- Country
- Afghanistan
- Initial Date
- Jun 12, 2022
- Event Description
Reliable sources confirm that Abdul Hanan Mohammadi, a journalist for Pajhwok news agency, who has been in Taliban custody for almost three months, is being tortured every day.
A source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Hasht-e Subh on Thursday that Mohammadi is being brutally tortured by Taliban intelligence in Kapisa prison daily.
According to the source, the Taliban rebels took this journalist to the 40 Intelligence Directorate in Kabul on Thursday.
The Taliban arrested Mohammadi while preparing a report on June 12th this year.
Since then, the institutions supporting journalists could not figure out to get him out of the Taliban prison.
The Taliban have not yet provided details on the motive behind his arrest.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to liberty and security
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Media Worker
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Non-state
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 34.524796367654915
Longitude: 69.17783631876284
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 12 June 2022, Abdul Hanan Mohammadi, media worker, was arrested by the Taliban as result of his reporting and said to be subject to daily torture in Kabul, Afghanistan.