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Afghan Journalist Zakia Zaki Slain in Her Sleep
(June 7, 2007) Internews mourns the devastating loss of Afghan journalist
Zakia Zaki, the owner and manager of radio Sada-i-Sulh, or Peace
Radio, an Internews partner station. Late in the evening of June
5, gunmen entered her house and shot her seven times, including
in the chest and head, while she lay asleep in her bedroom with
her baby. (more)
Articles About Zakia Zaki
- A
Hero of Free Expression Fallen in Afghanistan, World Politics Review,
June 26, 2007 – an essay by David Trilling, former for Internews
Afghanistan Project Manager
- Afghan
women journalists targeted, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 26,
2007
- Warlords Killed My Friend
– The murder of Zakia Zaki, and her nation, The Tyee, June 19,
2007
- Honor
Killings Stalk Women in Journalism, Follow the Media, June
10, 2007
- IFJ
Mourns the Second Female Journalist Killed in Two Weeks, International
Federation of Journalists, June 7, 2007
- Afghan
journalist killed, BBC's The World, June 7, 2007 (radio program
- audio)
- Six
held over Afghan radio murder, BBC, June 7, 2007
- Afghans
Seek Men Who Killed Broadcaster as She Slept, New York Times,
June 7, 2007
- Afghanistan:
Latest Female Journalist's Slaying Highlights Plight, Radio
Free Europe/Radio Liberty, June 6, 2007
- Second
female Afghan journalist killed in five days, Guardian, June
6, 2007
See Monthly Newsletter on
Freedom of Journalism
in Afghanistan
These reports are produced by Nai, a local Afghan media development
NGO that is a partner of Internews Network in Afghanistan and
a member of Internews International. |
Articles About Media in Afghanistan
- Afghanistan's
press: Thriving yet threatened, the Economist, June
14, 2007
- Sky Reporter, Arthur Kent has produced video
stories on the challenges faced by Afghanistan's media feature
journalist Mirwais Social, formerly the production director
for Internews Network in Afghanistan and currently head of
Watander Radio, a station established by Internews that broadcasts
in Kabul and Herat.
- Afghan
media pin hopes on new law, BBC, June 5, 2007 — Intense
lobbying, open debates and an awareness campaign have helped
remove some of the more restrictive clauses from the draft
law.
- Turning
Back the Clock, National Public Radio - On the Media, May
11, 2007 —
Since 2001, independent media outlets have flourished in Afghanistan.
But now the Afghan parliament is considering legislation that
could severely curb press freedom.
- Afghan
media freedoms under siege, Los Angeles Times, May 7, 2007 —
Once hailed as a sign that this war-torn country was coming
back to life, Afghanistan's burgeoning media have fallen on troubled
times.
- Afghan
Media Face Threat of Controls, the New York Times, May 6,
2007
— Afghanistan’s government, competing with the Taliban
for public support and trying to fend off accusations that it is
corrupt and ineffective, is moving to curb one of its own most
impressive achievements: the country’s flourishing independent
news media.
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