According to Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Taliban regime, the “media legislation” has been despatched to Kandahar province for approval by the chief of the Taliban, Haibatullah Akhundzada.
He knowledgeable the Afghan National Television, now underneath the management of the Taliban, that the legislation has been despatched to the Taliban chief’s workplace for his private overview, inflicting a delay in its official issuance.
Mujahid acknowledged that the massive quantity of legal guidelines from varied departments and ministries of the group has delayed the approval and ratification of this legislation, as their chief critiques all orders and legal guidelines orally with out signing or issuing them in writing.
Maulvi Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, says that the media legislation has been totally ready and submitted to the management of the Islamic Emirate for approval.#National TV pic.twitter.com/w6XanKVomH
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Mujahid additionally talked about that the media legislation went by way of two levels of overview within the Ministry of Information and Culture of the Taliban regime, and a panel chaired by Khaled Hanafi, the Minister of Prosperity and Prohibition of the group, evaluated it to make sure it aligned with “Islamic” guidelines.
He added {that a} group of jurists and non secular students within the Ministry of Justice of this regime reviewed and amended the media legislation earlier than sending it to Mullah Haibatullah’s workplace in Kandahar for ultimate approval.
Despite claims that Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzadeh is in Kandahar, no pictures or movies of him have been printed up to now.
The Taliban regime has imposed extreme suppression and censorship on the media in Afghanistan, resulting in the shutdown of many media retailers and the arrest of journalists and media activists.
Afghan media professionals worry that the issuance of the “Media Law” will enhance strain on workers and activists within the subject, permitting the Taliban to additional management home media in Afghanistan.
The Taliban’s lack of perception in freedom of speech and media rights persists, as they proceed to ban any criticism of their regime within the media.
According to the Afghan Journalists Center, the Taliban additional restricted the liberty of the media and journalists in 2023, violating the rights of activists on this subject in varied methods.
The heart’s report from late December 2023 outlines a number of directives issued by the Taliban regime, additional proscribing media freedom and infringing on journalists’ rights.
The Taliban regime opposes media freedom and expression, aiming to make use of home media as a propaganda software to cleanse their violent two-decade historical past.