Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the authorities of Tajikistan to release Tajik bloggers Daleri Imomali and Abdullo Gurbati immediately. On the website of this international human rights organization today (on June 22), the material “Tajikistan: free bloggers, respect freedom of the media” was posted. It states that “Imomali and Gurbati are persecuted for their […]
The authorities continue to turn the screws, cleaning up objectionable journalists Over the past month in Tajikistan, Radio Ozodi’s correspondent Mulloradjab Yusufzoda was beaten by unknown persons. Phones and video equipment were confiscated from this radio’s correspondents: Barot Yusufi, Anushervon Aripov, Nasim Isamov. The phone and laptop of Asia-Plus correspondent Ramziya Mirzobekova were seized. Independent […]
By the decision of the Shohmansur District Court of Dushanbe, journalist and blogger Daler Imomali was placed under preliminary arrest for two months, and his case was classified as secret. The court session took place on Saturday, June 18. The journalist was charged under several articles of the country’s Criminal Code, including participation in the […]
Law enforcement agencies of Tajikistan have detained two journalists Daler Imomali and Abdullo Gurbati. On the morning of June 15, Daler Imomali managed to write on Facebook that he was stopped on Dushanbe-Khujand highway by police officers of Ayni district. He was going to Kanibadam to shoot his new film. In the afternoon, Daler was […]
Well-known human rights activist Izzat Amon, who was sentenced last October to 9 years in prison, was given another 6 years on a new charge of major fraud. The verdict was announced on June 6 in the court of Sino district of the capital in the presence of the convict’s relatives and his lawyer. Izzat […]
In Rasht district, the court sentenced 66-year-old Mavdzhigul Garibova (the mother of a well-known blogger and government critic Djunaydullo Khudoyorov) to two years of house arrest. The court found her guilty of hooliganism, although the woman herself is sure that she was slandered and intends to challenge the court’s verdict. The criminal case under the […]
Among the detained activists in Khorog (the administrative center of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO)), there is a well-known lawyer and human rights activist Manuchehr Kholiknazarov, head of the Pamir Lawyers Association, a member of the Civil Society Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan and the public Commission 44. Presumably, he was detained on […]
The case of journalist and civil activist Ulfathonim Mamadshoeva, who is accused in Tajikistan of publicly calling for the overthrow of the government, has been classified. The lawyer, hired by the journalist’s family, signed a non-disclosure agreement on the progress of the investigation, and therefore refrains from communicating with the press. The power structures are […]
Journalist and civic activist Ulfathonim Mamadshoeva has been charged with public calls to overthrow the government and is being held in a pre-trial detention center. This was reported by sources in the law enforcement agencies. On May 19, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan issued a message accusing Ulfathonim Mamadshoeva, her ex-husband, an officer […]
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