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From a dark prison cell, a voice calls out: "I want to speak to my lawyer."
From the neighboring cell, another replies: "I'm here!"
The dark humor meme, shared in various languages amid recent crackdowns in countries across the world, seems perfectly fitted to Tajikistan, where authorities have for years waged war
Wednesday, 14 December 2022 17:03 228
Mary Lawlor, the United Nations' special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, concluded a two-week visit to Tajikistan on December 9 by urging its government to "eliminate the intense atmosphere of fear" in the post-Soviet Central Asian republic. After meetings with activists and officials including lawmakers, judges, and
Monday, 12 December 2022 09:59 247
Tajikistan's Supreme Court has sentenced noted journalist and civil rights activist Ulfatkhonim Mamadshoeva to 21 years in prison on charges related to deadly May protests in the Gorno-Badakhshan region, which rights watchdogs have called trumped-up.
Sources close to law enforcement structures told RFE/RL on December 9 that Mamadshoeva was sentenced earlier
Saturday, 10 December 2022 16:56 241
He wrote that convicted journalists have become a victim of the game of group of traders.
Daleri Imomali one of the imprisoned journalists in pretrial detention center in Dushanbe by sending a letter to the president Emomali Rahmon, a copy of which also reached the hands of Asia Plus, revealed some
Friday, 25 November 2022 18:30 229
Tajik journalists need training on legal literacy, as well as personal and digital security.The conclusionwas made by the National Association of Independent Media of Tajikistan (NANSMIT) after researching the needs of independent journalists who are part of the organization's network.
Independent journalists who are part of the NANSMIT network (60 people)
Wednesday, 23 November 2022 15:24 302
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) representative on freedom of the press affairs criticized the court verdict in Dushanbe for the imprisonment of journalist Zavqibek Saidamini.
"This is another hit to media freedom in Tajikistan" – stated Teresa Ribeiro on Telegram on November 7.
She asked the authorities of
Monday, 14 November 2022 15:47 248
NANSMIT discussed the various aspects of media ethics and issues of self-regulation of mass media with the participation of journalists, bloggers and student of the upper courses of Journalism Faculty of State Khujand University in Khujand on October 28, 2022.
The participants of the training got enlightened of the state of
Saturday, 05 November 2022 08:47 250
Despite to the opportunity created by the Law of the Republic of Tajikistan "Access to information of court activities", the access to judicial information is limited, the transparency and independence of the judiciary is called into question, - said Nuriddin Karshiboev, head of the National Association of Independent Mass Media
Thursday, 27 October 2022 13:27 272
October 24, 2022 with the request of the Firdavsi Disctrict Court in
Dushanbe, the head of NANSMIT Nuriddin Karshiboev delivered his
opinion as an expert and provided clarifications on the media episode
in the civil case against Oila.tj website at the suit of M. Sobitov.
The expert as well answered numerous questions of the
Wednesday, 26 October 2022 15:22 266
