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Afghanistan: Press freedom in free-fall in run-up to presidential election Sources News Release http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR269.htm Publisher:  Reporters without Borders Date Written:  23/03/09 Year Published:  2009   Resource Type:  Article/Report/Letter Reporters Without Borders has released the report of a fact-finding visit to Afghanistan in January. Entitled â#oWe have free speech, but weâ##re not safe and we donâ##t act responsibly". Abstract:  murder of Jawed Ahmad, a stringer for various Canadian news media, in Kandahar, the newspaper Paymanâ##s closure as a result of pressure from conservatives and the government, and the supreme courtâ##s confirmation of Perwiz Kambakhshâ##s 20-year jail sentence are all evidence that press freedom is in serious crisis. Reporters Without Borders has released the report of a fact-finding visit to Afghanistan in January. Entitled â#oWe have free speech, but weâ##re not safe and we donâ##t act resp... To read the full release go to http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR269.htm Topics Afghanistan Press Freedom

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