Tajikistan Accused of Intimidating Activists Abroad by Targeting Relatives Back Home
Sharofiddin Gadoev, 35, a Tajik political activist from the Netherlands, was arrested in February 2019 during a visit to Moscow
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Iran: Execution of journalist Rouhollah Zam a ‘deadly blow’ to freedom of expression
12 December 2020, 13:01 UTC Responding to the news that the Iranian authorities hanged dissident journalist Rouhollah Zam today, Diana
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Kyrgyzstan: Don’t Return Asylum Seeker to Uzbekistan
Independent Journalist Faces Torture if Returned (Berlin) – Kyrgyz authorities should reject a request to extradite the independent Uzbek journalist Bobomurod Abdullaev
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Tajikistan: Limitations on media freedom keenly felt during COVID-19 pandemic
2 July 2020 In a new report published today International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and ARTICLE 19 draw attention to a series of
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Attack on and threats against Avazmad Ghurbatov
On 11 May 2020, two unknown masked men attacked human rights defender and journalist Avazmad Ghurbatov (pen name Abdulloh Ghurbati)
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TAJIKISTAN: Journalist’s jailing based on “complete fabrication”
A Dushanbe court jailed journalist Daler Sharipov for one year for “extremism” and “inciting religious hatred” for writing a booklet
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Dozens of Tajik MPs and state officials tested positive for Covid-19
By Esfandiar Adineh Dozens of MPs and state officials and their close family members in Tajikistan have tested positive for
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First official report of Covid-19 infections in Tajikistan
Tajikistan reported 15 cases of coronavirus infection for the first time. Ten cases are reported from the northern Sogdian region
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2020 World Press Freedom Index: “Entering a decisive decade for journalism, exacerbated by coronavirus”
The 2020 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), shows that the coming decade will be decisive
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