The court of the Sino district of Dushanbe passed a verdict against Shodruz Akhrorov, sentencing him to six years in prison on charges of “calling for extremism via the Internet.” Akhrorov lived and worked in the Russian Federation, and covered the problems of migrants on his YouTube channel and criticized Dushanbe’s policy in this area. […]
In Kazakhstan, a draft of amendments and additions to some constitutional laws, primarily to the law on elections, has been submitted for public discussion. A number of amendments have already caused negative reviews both from foreign human rights organizations and from the citizens of the country themselves. For example, on July 24, Almaty resident Daniyar […]
The head of the department of justice of the Kostanay region, Amir Umarov, started a lawsuit with journalist Alexandra Sergazinova, who accused him of falsifying documents in the interests of the secretary of the regional bar association, Togzhan Agatayeva. At the first court session, the judge of the Specialized Administrative Court of Kostanay Sabyr Tazhkenov […]
The Department of Internal Affairs of the Oktyabrsky district of Bishkek opened a criminal case against activist Aizhan Myrsan. This is reported to the Department of Internal Affairs. She is suspected of committing a crime under part 1 of article 330 “Inciting racial, ethnic hatred” of the Criminal Code. We are talking about her Tik-Tok […]
“The history of Res Publica since 1992 has all sorts of events. We were tried, we were imprisoned, we were fined hundreds of thousands of soms, but the website, which has been functioning since 2000, has not yet been blocked,” the editor-in-chief of the publication Zamira Sydykova wrote on her social media page. This became […]
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan announced at a press conference on July 19 that journalist Abdullo Gurbati is suspected of collaborating with the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT). Abdullo Gurbati was detained on June 15 on suspicion of using violence against a government official. On June 18, by the decision of […]
Journalist and blogger Abdusattor Pirmukhammadzoda is accused of publicly calling for extremist activities, Shodi Hafizzoda, head of the Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan, said at a press conference on July 19. He faces a prison sentence of 3 to 5 years. Abdusattor Pirmukhammadzoda previously worked at the […]
The Supreme Court of the republic fully acquitted the chairman of the Union of Journalists of Kazakhstan, Seitkazy Mataev, and his son Aset (head of the KazTAG news agency), who were convicted in 2016 for allegedly embezzling state funds while fulfilling a state order. On January 14, 2016, the Anti-Corruption Service of Kazakhstan charged Seitkazy […]
The number of repressed journalists in Karakalpakstan is growing as information from the region comes in. At the moment, it is known about five detained or arrested media workers. There is no information about the fate of Bakhtiyar Kadirbergenov and Mustafa Tursinbaev, journalists of the newspaper El Khyzmetinde (In the Service of the People), who […]
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