Exile Media Forum 2023 – Spotlight: Ukrainian Journalists in Germany and Ukraine
Journalist Solmaz Khorsand discusses the situation of Afghan and Iranian journalists in exile with Zahra Joya, Rukhshana Media, Omid Rezaee, freelance journalist in exile and Farzad Seifikaran, Radio Zamaneh.
In August 2021, after more than 20 years, the Taliban is back in power in Afghanistan. An estimated 1.5 million people have fled since then. In September 2022, 22-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini died violently in police custody. Mass protests against the government followed. Journalist Solmaz Khorsand discusses the impact of these events on the two countries and the situation for exiled journalists with Zahra Joya from the Afghan exile medium Rukhshana Media, exiled journalist Omid Rezaee and Farzad Seifikaran from the exile medium Radio Zamaneh.
