A media worker
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2024-002-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2024
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 33.93911
Longitude: 67.709953
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Afghanistan
- From Region
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Gender
- Gender unclear
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
A media worker
- Type of rights defended
- Unclear in SG Report
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
broadcasting messages by UNAMA and sharing information with the United Nations.
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Peace Operation / Political mission
- Dates of engagement
- unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Other
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- unclear
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Afghanistan
- Reprisal information
A media worker who was detained during the reporting period was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment on a range of charges, including broadcasting messages by UNAMA and sharing information with the United Nations. The individual was released from prison after six months.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Charge/Investigation/Prosecution: Conviction
- Detention/Imprisonment: Detention/Imprisonment - General
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- Yes
- Was the case raised by a State at the UN?
- No
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
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