Authorities increased pressure on Sarkorova’s relatives

Employees of law enforcement agencies in Tajikistan have interrogated the close relatives of journalist Anora Sarkorova under various pretexts.

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On July 22, Anora Sarkorova reported on her Facebook page that in the past week, officers from the internal affairs agencies had come to her mother’s home several times and interrogated her.

Sarkorova writes that her elderly mother, who had a temperature of +39, was forced to answer the same questions for several hours over three consecutive days, questions she had already answered at the Department for Combating Organized Crime (UBOB) on June 27.

She writes that UBOB officers were trying to find out the addresses of her brothers, their children, information about her father, who passed away 17 years ago, and of course, about Sarkorova herself.

Well-known journalist Anora Sarkorova and her husband Rustam Joni are natives of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. Over the past eight months, as the human rights situation in the region has been critical, they have actively campaigned on social media, expressed support for local residents, and criticized the actions of the authorities while being outside the country. As a result, the authorities began to pressure, interrogate, and detain their relatives in Tajikistan.