Head of NDS is against freedom of the press
By Kamran Mir Hazar Published in Kabul Press (Saturday 2 February 2008) According to Afghanistan’s constitution and mass-media law, the Afghan Intelligence Service (NDS), Police, and Attorney General are not allowed to imprison or arrest journalists in Afghanistan. Only the Media Commission has the right to investigate accusations, and only then can cases be transferred […]
Kabulavis drives fra Valdres
Afghanistans eneste usensurerte nyhetsside på nett drives fra Øystre Slidre i Valdres. MADELEINE CEDERSTRØMmadeleine.cederstrom@nrk.no Afghanistans eneste usensurerte nyhetsside på nett drives fra Øystre Slidre i Valdres. Journalisten Kamran Mir Hazar kjemper en daglig kamp for menneskerettigheter i hjemlandet, via pc-en i Valdres. Hver eneste dag bruker Kamran Mir Hazar flere timer foran datamaskinen. Han oppdaterer […]
Schrijven in Afghanistan voor een volk dat niet kan lezen
28 april 2009 ( MO* ) — Kamran Mir Hazar voldoet in geen enkel opzicht aan de clichés over Afghaanse mannen die zich in onze hoofden geïnstalleerd hebben. Glad geschoren, in een goed gesneden, donker maatpak en glimmend bruine schoenen. Hij voelt zich duidelijk op zijn gemak in de opulente lobby van het Brusselse hotel Métropole, waar hij eind […]
Kamran Mir Hazar to speak at Nobel Peace Center, Oslo
By Robert Maier Published in Kabul Press (Monday 24 March 2008) Kamran Mir Hazar, founder and publisher of Kabulpress.org, the most read Dari news site in Afghanistan has been invited to appear at a special event titled “Dangerous Words” at the noted Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway on Thursday April 24 from 7pm-9pm. He […]
Is Karzai Sacrificing the Freedom of the Press?
Journalists in Afghanistan under Duress The freedoms that independent media in Afghanistan have struggled to achieve over the past few years are now melting away like snow in the sun, writes Martin Gerner from Kabul “The conditions of my imprisonment were those of a small-scale Guantanamo,” said Kamran Mir Hazar, “with four persons crammed into […]
WEBSITE EDITOR FREED AFTER BEING HELD FOR NINE HOURS IN AFGHAN “GUANTANAMO”
PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY 10 AUGUST 2007. Reporters Without Borders voiced relief on learning that blogger and website editor Kamran MirHazar was freed yesterday after being held for nine hours and interrogated by the National Directorate of Security (NDS). “Hazar’s arrest was arbitrary and illegal,” the press freedom organisation said. “We are relieved about his release but we condemn […]
IFJ condemns abduction of Kabul reporter Kamran Mir Hazar, previously detained by state security agency
10 August 2007 ALERT (IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: IFJ condemns abduction of Kabul reporter Kamran Mir Hazar The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is shocked to learn of the detention under murky and suspicious circumstances of Kamran Mir Hazar, chief editor for a popular news website in Kabul and reporter […]