{"id":924,"date":"2025-02-19T20:48:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/?p=924"},"modified":"2025-02-19T20:48:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T16:18:36","slug":"afghanistan-journalists-support-organization-warns-about-deteriorating-situation-of-journalists-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/afghanistan-journalists-support-organization-warns-about-deteriorating-situation-of-journalists-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan Journalists Support Organization Warns About Deteriorating Situation of Journalists in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Weezha Roz<\/span>-Kabul<\/strong>-The Afghanistan Journalists Support Organization (AJSO) has condemned the alarming situation faced by Afghan journalists in Pakistan in a new statement and called for immediate international action to support these individuals.<\/p>\n

The organization described the situation, including recent arrests and systemic pressures on journalists, as “disturbing and a blatant violation of human rights.”<\/p>\n

The statement mentions that in the past two days, Pakistani police in Islamabad have arrested two Afghan journalists, including Zakia Kavyan.<\/p>\n

AJSO has refrained from disclosing the name of the first journalist for security reasons.<\/p>\n

These actions are part of a broader trend of house-to-house inspections and targeted arrests by the police against Afghan migrants.<\/p>\n

Reports indicate that Pakistani police have even been requesting bribes (up to 400) from journalists with valid visas to secure their release from detention.<\/p>\n

The Pakistani government has reduced the validity of Afghan visas from three months to one month and increased the renewal fee to100 per person.<\/p>\n

These changes have placed significant financial pressure on journalists and refugees, leaving many in vulnerable conditions.<\/p>\n

The Federal German Admission Program (BAP), which was supposed to transfer 1,000 vulnerable Afghans per month, has been delayed due to administrative issues, with only a limited number of people successfully receiving visas.<\/p>\n

AJSO has urged the Pakistani government to adhere to human rights commitments and refrain from arbitrary arrests and threats of expulsion against journalists.<\/p>\n

The organization has also called on the international community and organizations like the United Nations to expedite the resettlement process for journalists in third countries to prevent a humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has also increased pressure on Germany to expedite visa issuance under the BAP program.<\/p>\n

According to RSF, more than 3,000 Afghan journalists are still waiting for transfer in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), there are around 1.34 million legal Afghan migrants and 468,800 illegal migrants in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Since 2023, more than 820,000 Afghans have been deported to their country, many of whom are journalists and media activists.<\/p>\n

Summary<\/strong>:
\nThe situation for Afghan journalists in Pakistan has reached a critical point.<\/p>\n

A combination of harsh immigration policies, police corruption, and delays in international resettlement programs has placed these individuals in a state of “limbo” marked by insecurity and instability.<\/p>\n

AJSO and international organizations warn that without immediate intervention, a new wave of expulsions and arrests will endanger the lives of journalists.<\/p>\n

Weezha Roz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Weezha Roz-Kabul-The Afghanistan Journalists Support Organization (AJSO) has condemned the alarming situation faced by Afghan journalists in Pakistan in a new statement and called for immediate international action to support these individuals. The organization described the situation, including recent arrests and systemic pressures on journalists, as “disturbing and a blatant violation of human rights.” The …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}