Tajikistan - Tajik weekly faces huge fine

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders has joined the Union of Journalists in Tajikistan (TUJ) and the National Association of Independent Media in Tajikistan (NANSMIT) in condemning the prosecution of the independent weekly Asia-Plus, undertaken by the head of the Organized Crime Control Department (UBOP), Anvar Tagaimurodov, in violation of international and Tajik law covering free speech. He is claiming a million somoni (165,625 euros) in damages from the magazine Asia-Plus for publishing “defamatory (...)

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