Mumbai: Frightening images of Afghan journalists displaying their brutal injuries sustained after being beaten by Taliban for covering the women’s protest gets posted online.
Around two such images have been shared on social media by two verified Twitter handles, including one post by Marc Yam (@yamphoto) who is a foreign correspondent for Los Angeles Time and other by Etilaatroz (@Etilaatroz) which is an Afghan news publication.
In the image posted by Mr Yam we can see two men standing stripped down and standing with their backs to the camera displaying the marks given by the Taliban. it can be seen that their body is covered with red bruises especially on their back and leg.
Painful. Afghan journalists from @Etilaatroz, Nemat Naqdi & Taqi Daryabi, display wounds sustained from Taliban torture & beating while in custody after they were arrested for reporting on a women’s rally in #Kabul, #Afghanistan.#JournalismIsNotACrime https://t.co/jt631nRB69 pic.twitter.com/CcIuCy6GVw
— Marcus Yam 文火 (@yamphoto) September 8, 2021
Whereas the images posted by the Etilaatroz consists the close up pictures of the same two men who are to be their employees, their respective names are Taqi Daryabi and Nematullah Naqdi
این گزارشگران میگویند که هر کدام آنان به اتاقهای جداگانه منتقل و سپس زیر ضربهی شلاق طالبان قرار گرفتهاند.
تقی دریابی و نعمتالله نقدی برای درمان به شفاخانه منتقل شدهاند.— اطلاعات روز | Etilaatroz (@Etilaatroz) September 8, 2021
According to Etilaatroz, both of them were covering a protest led by women in the Kart-e-Char area of western Kabul yesterday, when they were abducted by the Taliban, taken to different rooms and beaten and tortured.
Also, according to the LA Times the Taliban also stopped its journalists from photographing the protesting women, however they were only forced to leave the area.
Taliban, the Islamist group is having a hard time to remain true to their commitment of protecting human rights and guaranteed freedom of press in the rule of ‘Taliban 2.0”.
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