Taliban sentences Afghan journalist Sayed Rahim Saeedi to 3 years in prison - Committee to Protect Journalists

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Taliban sentences Afghan journalist Sayed Rahim Saeedi to 3 years in prison - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, January 31, 2025—A Taliban court in Kabul sentenced Sayed Rahim Saeedi, the editor and producer of the ANAR Media YouTube channel, to three years in prison on charges of disseminating anti-Taliban propaganda. He was sentenced on October 27, 2024, but those with knowledge of the case initially refrained from publicizing it out of concern for Saeedi’s safety, according to a journalist who spoke to CPJ on condition of anonymity due to fea…