Taliban intelligence detain journalist Sulaiman Rahil following critical Facebook posts - Committee to Protect Journalists

Taliban intelligence detain journalist Sulaiman Rahil following critical Facebook posts - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, May 12, 2025—Taliban authorities in southeastern Ghazni Province must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Sulaiman Rahil, who was detained on May 5 by intelligence agents, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. “Sulaiman Rahil is the latest of many Afghan journalists to be swept up by the notorious General Directorate of Intelligence without explanation or charge,” said CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Beh Lih Yi.…

The Afghan Journalists Center, on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (May 3), said that media freedom in the country has been seriously disrupted by the Taliban’s tightening restrictions on the media and arrests of journalists. According to the center’s findings, at least 215 cases of media freedom violations have been recorded since May 2024, including 175 threats and 40 arrests. The post Afghan Journalists Center; Media freedom has been s…