The IFJ is concerned that the unlawful and unfair trial of Ali Muhaqiq Nasab, chief editor of Hoqoq-e-Zan (Women's Rights) magazine, is having adverse affects on his mental and physical health.

The editor of Haqooq-i-Zan, a monthly magazine about women's rights, has gone trial in Kabul's provincial court on blasphemy charges for publishing articles purported to offend Islam.

Reporters Without Borders has called for the immediate release of Ezatullah Zawab, editor of the bi-monthly Meena, who has been held in custody in Jalalabad, in the eastern province of Nangarhar, since 2 September 2005.

The former presenter for a popular MTV-style music video program was shot and killed in her home in Kabul last week. Shaima Rezayee, 24, hosted the daily music program "Hop" on the private television channel Tolo TV until March.