Tajikistan - Tajik journalist spared punishment in partial court victory

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is relieved that the journalist Makhmadyusuf Ismoilov (Махмадюсуф Исмоилов) has been spared any penalty in the case brought against him over his investigation of alleged corruption by local officials, but calls again for a review of the verdict and full recognition of his innocence. The regional court in the northern province of Sughd yesterday upheld a decision by a lower court in the north-western city of Taboshar which found him guilty of defamation, insult and inciting hatred (...)

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