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Tajik Journalist Sentenced To More Than Seven Years In Prison On Charges He Rejects Noted Tajik journalist Abdullo Ghurbati has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison on charges he and his supporters have called unfounded. The Dushanbe-based Independent Center to Defend Human Rights, which provided Ghurbati with a lawyer, told

DUSHANBE -- Prosecutors at the trial of noted Tajik journalist Abdullo Ghurbati have asked a court in Dushanbe to convict and sentence the defendant to the maximum allowed eight years in prison on charges he and his supporters say are unfounded. Sources present at the hearing told RFE/RL that the request

According to journalists, access to official data in Tajikistan remains difficult. Authorities refuse to provide details over the phone and ask for a written request. However, the demands stay ignored for weeks and even months. Experts believe that, in many cases, withholding official information creates an information vacuum and causes

Tajikistan's Supreme Court has sentenced retired Major General Kholbash Kholbashov to life in prison for his alleged role in organizing deadly protests in the Gorno-Badakhshan region in May, a charge that human rights organizations have called "bogus." Kholbashov's friends and relatives told RFE/RL on September 22 that the verdict and sentence

Every year September 8 is celebrated as the World Day of Solidarity of Journalists. National Association of Independent Media of Tajikistan (NANSMIT) asked the opinion of journalists about the manifestation of professional solidarity. Yoqub Halimov, journalist:In my opinion, professional solidarity is concluded in support and mutual understanding of professionalism, common sense,

Four independent journalists who have been critical of the government are currently being held in Tajikistan on spurious charges of links with extremist organisations. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for their release and condemns the use of such methods to intimidate the media.“As a result of the increase in censorship

Tajikistan authorities should drop criminal extremism and all other investigations into journalists Avazmad Ghurbatov, Zavqibek Saidamini, and Abdusattor Pirmuhammadzoda and release them and journalist Daler Imomali immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. Tajik authorities recently detained and opened extremism investigations into independent journalists Abdusattor Pirmuhammadzoda (top left), Zavqibek Saidamini

On 18 July, one year to the day after the revelations about the beginning of the Pegasus project, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) will present its newly founded Digital Security Lab: a digital forensic laboratory created to help counter the threats of online surveillance. Based in Berlin, the Digital Security Lab is

According to NIAT "Khovar", from July 12, ministries, departments, organizations and institutions, executive bodies of state power in GBAO, Sughd and Khatlon regions, the city of Dushanbe, cities and districts of the republic will begin to hold press conferences on the results of activities for the first half of 2022. The