As a refugee from Afghanistan, media freedom is not a topic I would have expected to be something to be discussed in the way that it has been in Australia this year.
While media freedom has improved in Afghanistan in recent years, journalists still face intimidation and violence.I left my home country in 2012 because of threats to my safety as a result of my work in Afghanistan as a journalist. According to Reporters Without Borders, Afghanistan was the world’s deadliest country for journalists in 2018, with 15 journalists and media workers killed last year.
I would travel to work in the morning, wondering if what I reported that day would place me and my family at risk, and if during my journey home, I would be a target. They continue to seek to intimidate and influence - this year the Taliban issued a warning to media outlets in Afghanistan to stop broadcasting government-funded anti-Taliban advertisements. This was a direct, but not uncommon, threat to journalists and those who work for media organisations.
I am also grateful that I can work as a journalist here without facing the intimidation and threats that saw me leave my home country. That I don’t have to consider the risks to my safety, or that of my family, because of my reporting. In my role as a broadcaster for SBS Radio’s Pashto program, I am also incredibly proud that I get to report on topics that are important for the Afghan community in Australia to know about, without the fear of retribution.
If you’re going to fly your media freedom flag under the public’s “right to know”, then you also need to be accountable to that. Stop misreporting science, statistics and non-news for clickbait and “a good story”.
When journo’s stop telling truth, covering stories- all your jobs will b taken & made obsolete by all regular humans who can also string a sentence. We only needed u so it was written well. All the info is available to us now through the internet so good luck with the sideshow
Rebel Wilson, Geoffrey Rush, the Wagners. The navel gazing, egocentric Australian media make up stories as they please. It is the public not the politicians that want the media held accountable and not operating outside the law. Wake up you media fools the public can't stand you.
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