Condemnation of violence against journalists by a presidential elections candidate

Monday February 10, 2014

According to Kabul News TV channel ,Dawood Sultanzoy one of presidential elections candidates has used violation against their reporters.

The reports reveal that Sultanzoy has had violent behavior with the reporters during an interview and asked his guards to get the recorded types from the reporters.

The video of violent confrontation has been widely released in social media but Sultanzoy has not yet revealed his opinion about the incident.

Afghanistan's National Journalists Union (ANJU) considers such treatments with reporters against laws of the country and believes that presidential candidates who cry for democracy and freedom of expression shall never have such behavior with media.

ANJU asks media commission of IEC along with ECC to pursue this matter seriously.

Afghanistan National Journalists Union

Executive Council