Tajikistan

Makhmadyusuf Ismoilov, a newspaper reporter who has been detained arbitrarily by prosecutors in Khujand, in the northern Tajikistan province of Sughd, is being held since November 23, according to Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF). Ismoilov was arrested at the behest of the regional prosecutor’s office one day after an article he wrote about its alleged corrupt and...

Makhmadyusuf Ismoilov, a reporter with the Dushanbe-based independent weekly Nuri Zindagi has been imprison in northern Tajikistan, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Ismoilov was arrested in Sogd region on November 23, but the regional press first reported on the case on Monday. Ismoilov is currently being held in a pretrial facility in the city of Khujand, according to the...

Tajik authorities have launched an offensive against media critical of the government, in which several newspapers have been forced to stop printing and access to many websites has been blocked, Paris-based press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has reported. In an open letter published by the official news agency Khovar on October 4, defence minister Sherali Khairullayev accused 17...