Category Archives: Media
Tajikistan Blocks Facebook and Independent News Websites
On March 3, Internet providers in Tajikistan cut local access to Facebook, the social-networking service, along with another four independent news websites. The blocking was ordered by the state-run communications agency, which cited technical reasons. However, media and analysts suggested … Continue reading
Filed under Authoritarianism, Human Rights, Internet, Media, Social media, Tajikistan
International Pressure and Justice in Tajikistan: Supreme Court Dismisses Usmonov’s Appeal
It appears that justice in Tajikistan is increasingly reserved for those with strong international pressure behind them. On November 30, Tajikistan’s Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed against the conviction of Urunboy Usmonov by the Sughd provincial court in Khujand … Continue reading
Filed under Authoritarianism, Foreign affairs, Justice, Media, Tajikistan
After Release, Tajik Journalists Seek Exoneration
Two Tajik journalists who were recently convicted in separate trials on charges related to their professional activities have appealed their verdicts. On October 14, reporters Urunboy Usmonov and Mahmadyusuf Ismoilov were handed guilty verdicts by Tajik courts in the northern … Continue reading
Filed under Authoritarianism, Justice, Media, Tajikistan
Tajik Newspaper Editor Badly Beaten in Dushanbe
The editor of independent Tajik weekly Farazh, Khurshed Atovullo (aka Khurshed Niyozov), was badly beaten in Dushanbe on August 31. According to Atovullo, he was driving to a friend’s home in the Tajik capital along with his brother and brother-in-law … Continue reading
Filed under Crime, Media, Tajikistan
Tajik Authorities Release Jailed BBC Reporter
On July 14, Tajik authorities released Urunboy Usmonov, a local correspondent for the BBC’s Uzbek service, who spent one month in pre-trial detention on suspicion of belonging to a banned Islamic group. It appears that the unusual publicity and widespread … Continue reading
Filed under Authoritarianism, Media, Tajikistan
