Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Today's view: Although following the withdrawal of the occupying forces, the overthrow of the puppet government and the return to power of the "Islamic Emirate", the number of deaths of journalists as a result of armed conflicts, targeted assassinations and mysterious murders in the country has increased. The intensity has decreased and this can be considered a significant improvement; but despite this event, being a journalist in Afghanistan is still a challenging task, a deadly mission and a terrible mission that requires more care, immunity, responsibility and safety.
Publish dateSunday 1 January 2023 - 14:48
Story Code : 263211
Reporters without Borders published its annual report and declared Afghanistan as the most dangerous country for journalists after Iraq and Syria.
This organization published a report on Friday (December 30) saying that Afghanistan is the most dangerous country for journalists after Iraq and Syria. According to the report of this organization, during the last 20 years, 1668 journalists and since 2000, 1787 journalists have been killed all over the world in connection with their work.
However, the annual average of journalists killed in the world reaches 80 people. In this report, it is stated that Iraq and Syria accounted for the highest number of victims, i.e. one third of journalists. According to the statistics of Reporters without Borders, in the last 20 years, 578 journalists have been killed in these two countries alone.
Afghanistan, Yemen, Palestine and Somalia are also listed in the second and third places of dangerous countries for journalists, respectively.
This statistic is disappointing and once again reveals the difficult situation of journalists and the heavy work of journalists in dangerous and deadly countries, especially Afghanistan.
Although following the withdrawal of the occupying forces, the overthrow of the puppet government and the return to power of the "Islamic Emirate", the number of deaths of journalists as a result of armed conflicts, targeted assassinations and mysterious murders in the country has decreased drastically, and this can be a progress. be considered significant; But despite this event, being a journalist in Afghanistan is still a challenging task, a deadly mission and a terrible mission that requires more care, immunity, responsibility and safety.
Another important point that can help to facilitate the work of journalists in Afghanistan is the legalization of media work and a clear definition of the range of competencies and the scope of limitations and duties of journalists and media; Something that does not exist at the moment and this has also caused confusion and sometimes damage to the work of journalists in the country.
It is expected that the "Islamic Emirate" as the established government will create or reactivate the necessary laws, special institutions and legal authorities to deal with the affairs of journalists and organize the work of the media, so that in this way, both journalists and media people with their duties , their responsibilities and qualifications should be known, and the institutions and authorities that supervise, investigate and are responsible for ensuring the security and immunity of media people should be known.
Another point is the redefinition of the concept of freedom of speech in post-collapse Afghanistan. In the past, this concept provided an unlimited privilege to value-contradictory media in an expansive and unbridled way and targeted people's culture, tradition and religious beliefs.
After the domination of the Islamic Emirate, freedom of expression was limited to its liberal meaning, and this may have influenced some media and a wide range of journalists and media people; However, in order to localize the concept of freedom, its legal and cultural criteria and foundations must be created and all media and reporters must be justified from the point of view that the current system is committed to protecting Islamic values, protecting national culture and traditions, and protecting It is the valuable cultural heritage of the country and freedom of expression is also defined and applied within the radius of these cases.
This is simply not possible; Rather, as mentioned above, it is necessary to create or reactivate specialized institutions, establish clear and specific laws, and define the regulated relationship between the media and special departments of the government; Departments whose job is to organize the cultural and media affairs of the country and do not have a security view of journalists and media.
However, based on the new report of the Reporters without Borders Organization, Afghanistan is still part of the geography of the insecure world of journalists, and until an ideal situation is reached, the establishment of responsible and specific institutions in the field of culture and media and the organization of a transparent and responsible legal system are the ways. It is a long time ahead and until then, the media and journalists will have to bear more expenses.
This organization published a report on Friday (December 30) saying that Afghanistan is the most dangerous country for journalists after Iraq and Syria. According to the report of this organization, during the last 20 years, 1668 journalists and since 2000, 1787 journalists have been killed all over the world in connection with their work.
However, the annual average of journalists killed in the world reaches 80 people. In this report, it is stated that Iraq and Syria accounted for the highest number of victims, i.e. one third of journalists. According to the statistics of Reporters without Borders, in the last 20 years, 578 journalists have been killed in these two countries alone.
Afghanistan, Yemen, Palestine and Somalia are also listed in the second and third places of dangerous countries for journalists, respectively.
This statistic is disappointing and once again reveals the difficult situation of journalists and the heavy work of journalists in dangerous and deadly countries, especially Afghanistan.
Although following the withdrawal of the occupying forces, the overthrow of the puppet government and the return to power of the "Islamic Emirate", the number of deaths of journalists as a result of armed conflicts, targeted assassinations and mysterious murders in the country has decreased drastically, and this can be a progress. be considered significant; But despite this event, being a journalist in Afghanistan is still a challenging task, a deadly mission and a terrible mission that requires more care, immunity, responsibility and safety.
Another important point that can help to facilitate the work of journalists in Afghanistan is the legalization of media work and a clear definition of the range of competencies and the scope of limitations and duties of journalists and media; Something that does not exist at the moment and this has also caused confusion and sometimes damage to the work of journalists in the country.
It is expected that the "Islamic Emirate" as the established government will create or reactivate the necessary laws, special institutions and legal authorities to deal with the affairs of journalists and organize the work of the media, so that in this way, both journalists and media people with their duties , their responsibilities and qualifications should be known, and the institutions and authorities that supervise, investigate and are responsible for ensuring the security and immunity of media people should be known.
Another point is the redefinition of the concept of freedom of speech in post-collapse Afghanistan. In the past, this concept provided an unlimited privilege to value-contradictory media in an expansive and unbridled way and targeted people's culture, tradition and religious beliefs.
After the domination of the Islamic Emirate, freedom of expression was limited to its liberal meaning, and this may have influenced some media and a wide range of journalists and media people; However, in order to localize the concept of freedom, its legal and cultural criteria and foundations must be created and all media and reporters must be justified from the point of view that the current system is committed to protecting Islamic values, protecting national culture and traditions, and protecting It is the valuable cultural heritage of the country and freedom of expression is also defined and applied within the radius of these cases.
This is simply not possible; Rather, as mentioned above, it is necessary to create or reactivate specialized institutions, establish clear and specific laws, and define the regulated relationship between the media and special departments of the government; Departments whose job is to organize the cultural and media affairs of the country and do not have a security view of journalists and media.
However, based on the new report of the Reporters without Borders Organization, Afghanistan is still part of the geography of the insecure world of journalists, and until an ideal situation is reached, the establishment of responsible and specific institutions in the field of culture and media and the organization of a transparent and responsible legal system are the ways. It is a long time ahead and until then, the media and journalists will have to bear more expenses.
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