Bamyan head of journalists’ union beaten by employees of state-run TV

Some employees of Bamyan National Radio and Television network have beaten Eshaq Akrami, the Bamyan head of Afghanistan National Journalists Union (ANJU) in the central Bamyan province, said Fahim Dashti, the Executive Director of the ANJU.

Dashti told Kabul Now that Mr. Akrami was beaten by employees of the state-run TV network on Saturday morning, March 13, in the capital city of Bamyan. As per his account, Akrami has been taken to the hospital for treatment, and he is in good health condition. “Mr. Akrami was in the ANJU office in Bamyan when six to seven technical and administrative employees of the national TV network broke into his office. They have verbally abused and physically beaten him.”