From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Tue Feb 14 2006 - 10:43:55 EST
TWO JOURNALISTS REPORTEDLY BEATEN IN WESTERN AFGHANISTAN
In a press release issued in Kabul on 13 February, NAI, an Afghan NGO working in support of open media, condemned attacks on two journalists in the city of Herat. According to NAI, Reza Shayr Mohammadi, a journalist working for the privately owned Tolu Television, was physically abused by the police on 10 February while covering the sectarian riots in Herat (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 10 and 13 February 2006). Ehsan Sarwaryar, a freelance journalist from Herat, was also reportedly beaten by authorities in Herat. AT
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