Najiba Ayubi, Afghan female journalist, received 2017 Press Freedom Prize from Swedish section of Reporters Without Borders (RSF). According to media reports, Jonathan Lundqvist, chairman of the Swedish RSF, said, “Reporters without Borders is very proud to give this year’s prize to Najiba Ayubi. It is easy to feel humble before the struggle she has been performing for so many years, against both Taleban and traditional structures. As the head of The Killid Group (TKG), she remains active in charting the future of Afghanistan. Swedish section of RSF said, “Najiba Ayubi is working in a country where it is almost impossible working as a journalist. Her fight is an inspiration all over the world, and she is herself an evidence of the difference a journalist can create.” In Afghanistan, Najiba Ayubi has faced down many verbal attacks on her reporting about politics and women’s’ rights, and there have been some physical attacks on her home and radio stations, since her return after the fall of the Taleban in 2001. Najiba Ayubi was previously recognised by the International Women’s Media Foundation, which awarded her Courage in Journalism award in 2013. In 2014 she was recognised as one of the 100 Information Heroes by RSF.
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