The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has called on the authorities of Tajikistan to release all detained journalists. Photo: Internet On November 7, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro stated on her Twitter page that the sentence against journalist Zavkibek Saidamini of 7 years in prison is yet another […]
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The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has called on the authorities of Tajikistan to release all detained journalists.
Photo: Internet
On November 7, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the MediaTeresa Ribeiro stated on her Twitter page that the sentence against journalist Zavkibek Saidamini of 7 years in prison is yet another blow to press freedom in Tajikistan.
“All imprisoned journalists must be released and allowed to cover issues of public interest, including security issues,” – she noted.
She tagged her message with the hashtag #JournalismIsNotACrime.
On November 3, the court of the Ismoili Somoni district of Dushanbe sentenced well-known journalist Zavkibek Saidamini to 7 years in prison.
Previously, another journalist Abdullo Gurbati was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison, and blogger Daler Imomali received 10 years in a penal colony.
In recent months, the authorities of Tajikistan have detained several journalists, bloggers, and social media activists. Within one week, Abdullo Gurbati, Daler Imomali, Zavkibek Saidamini, and Abdusattor Pirmukhammadzoda were detained. Earlier, Mukhamadi Sultan and Ulfatkhonim Mamadshoeva were convicted.
Photo: Internet