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A free press was trying to take root in Afghanistan. Now journalists are bracing for Taliban rule.
Date: 2021-08-19 00:00:00 [2]
The Committee to Protect Journalists — which since January had steadily been hearing from journalists worried about a Taliban takeover — is keeping a priority list of those most at risk. This week, the group received 500 requests for assistance in just a two-day period. By the third day, the list had doubled. The organization has heard four reports from journalists whose homes were searched by the Taliban; CPJ is also investigating reports that the Taliban assaulted journalists at a protest in Jalalabad.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/afghan-journalists-free-press-taliban/2021/08/19/6621944c-ff64-11eb-ba7e-2cf966e88e93_story.html
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