Safiullah Ahmadi, a man whose photo was mistakenly published in a Guardian report about an afghan gay student who has been killed by the Taliban, said he would sue the newspaper. In a video posted by an Afghan journalist, Ahmadi, said that he was looking to restore his dignity.
Ahmadi also asked other media outlets to correct their reports who has based it on the Guardian story.
On Tuesday, a report had been published by the Guardian newspaper that a gay university student had been tortured and killed by the Taliban in Kabul.
Afghanistan International was able to contact Ahmadi, whose picture was used in the Guardian report portraying him as the dead student.
Ahmadi had learned about the news of the killing of the gay student from media outlets, but he did not know why his photo was published in the news by the Guardian.
The main source of the Guardian newspaper's report, which has been reflected in various media outlets inside and outside Afghanistan, was Pinknews, a website that covers LGBTQ stories. The website is considered a reliable source of news related to the LGBTQ community.
Pinknews published the news of the killing of a young gay Afghan, quoting his close friend, and in the description of the photo of this news, the credits stated that it was "supplied", which meant that the photo was sent to the newspaper.
