Afghanistan: TV journalist stabbed to death
07 Sep 2010Former TV presenter Sayed Hamid Noori was murderedat his home in Kabul on 5 September. He had been stabbed and his throat had been cut. The motives are unknown but he was an active member of the National Union of Afghan Journalists. Noori was a well-known TV anchor who went into politics and became the spokesman of Mohammad Yunus Qanooni, an opponent of President Hamid Karzai.
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Tags: Afghanistan, freedom of expression, journalists, Kabul, murder, press freedom
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