In Afghanistan, over 100 journalists are calling on the country’s attorney general to resign after police armed with AK-47s raided the Afghanistan’s largest TV network. Three journalists were detained during the raid. Several others were beaten and kicked by police officers. Security camera footage captured the raid on film. Journalists covering the incident were also detained and their tapes were seized. The attorney general ordered the raid after he claimed that the network had misquoted him.

Afghan Parliamentarian Shukria Barakzai: “They really crossed the law. That’s the reality, unfortunately. It’s a small example for the journalists in Afghanistan. We have lots of violence. The enemy of freedom of expression is not just those who are against the government. Somehow our government is also against, because they are afraid from those reality which is media broadcasting.”