Independent radio station denied license
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 19 July 2002 CPJ press release: TAJIKISTAN: Independent radio station denied license New York, July 19, 2002-After delaying its decision for nearly four years, the Tajik government last week refused a broadcast license to the independent media agency Asia Plus. Asia Plus applied in August 1998 to open a […]
Government drops charges against exiled Tajik journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: TAJIKISTAN: Government drops charges against exiled Tajik journalist New York, June 26, 2002-Tajikistan’s Prosecutor General’s Office has dropped its criminal case against Dodojon Atovullo, editor and publisher of the Russian-language paper Chroghi Ruz. Authorities have been searching for Atovullo since May 2001, when he fled in […]
CPJ sends letter to foreign minister requesting information on press freedom abuses
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 8 May 2002 CPJ press release: TAJIKISTAN: CPJ sends letter to foreign minister requesting information on press freedom abuses New York, May 8, 2002-In a letter sent to Tajik foreign minister Talbak Nazarov today, CPJ requested information about several cases of press freedom abuses by the Tajik officials and […]
Russian authorities free Tajik journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 12 July 2001 CPJ press release: RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES FREE TAJIK JOURNALIST New York, July 12, 2001—Dododjon Atovullo, the Tajik journalist and opposition activist who was detained in Moscow last week while Russian authorities considered extraditing him to Tajikistan, was released today and has returned to Germany, where he is […]
Fears for arrested journalist’s safety if extradited to Tajikistan
(RSF/IFEX) – The following is a 6 July 2001 joint press release from RSF and the Hamburg Foundation for the Politically Persecuted: Tajikistan/Moscow Guest of the City of Hamburg, Dododjon Atovulloev, arrested in Moscow If extradited to Tajikistan his life will be in danger Reporters without Borders and the Hamburg Foundation for the Politically Persecuted […]
Broadcasting director murdered
(WAN/IFEX) – In a 24 May 2000 letter to President Emomali Rahmonov, WAN and the World Editors Forum expressed their outrage at the murder of broadcasting director Saifullo Rakhimov. According to reports, on the evening of 20 May, Rakhimov, chairman of Tajikistan’s state-run radio and television, was shot and killed as he returned home from […]
Widespread fraud in Tajikistan?s elections, coverage by state media flagrantly biased
The following is a 29 March 2000 Human Rights Watch press release: WIDESPREAD FRAUD IN TAJIKISTAN’S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS Numerous violations and irregularities threaten integrity of vote (New York, March 29, 2000) – Recent elections to the lower chamber of a new parliament in Tajikistan were marred by flagrant fraud and manipulation of the vote, Human […]
Heavy media restrictions intensified on eve of presidential elections
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a 4 November 1999 Human Rights Watch press release: **Updates IFEX alert of 28 October 1999** No independent political coverage in Tajikistan’s media Heavy media restrictions intensified on eve of presidential elections (New York, November 4, 1999) – On the eve of November 6 presidential elections in Tajikistan, the government […]
Severe restrictions on freedom of expression in presidential election campaign
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN TAJIKISTAN A FARCE Rights group details electoral manipulation (New York, October 28, 1999)-Presidential elections to be held on November 6, 1999 in Tajikistan will be a farce, Human Rights Watch charged today. The government has excluded opposition presidential candidates from the […]
Journalists charged, harassed
(GDF/IFEX) – The following is the text of a letter by GDF President Alexei Simonov to Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov further to the expected appearance in court of two journalists: January 14, 1999 E. Rakhmonov, President of the Republic of Tadjikistan Dear Sir, I urge you to intervene and take immediate measures to stop the […]
Details on revocation of journalist’s accreditation
(GDF/IFEX) – GDF is deeply disturbed by the revocation of Russian TV (NTV) correspondent Elena Masyuk’s (spelled “Massiuk” in IFEX alert of 27 July 1998) accreditation by the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Tajikistan, and the announcement of her persona non grata status in the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan. **This alert contains […]
Journalist’s accreditation revoked
(RSF/IFEX) – According to RSF, on 27 July 1998, in Dushanbe (the capital city), Tajikistan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs revoked accreditation from Elena Massiuk, a reporter for the Russian television channel, NTV. The journalist was declared undesirable in the country. In the statement issued by the department in charge of media for the Ministry, signed […]
Journalist Meirkhaim Gavrielov killed
(GDF/IFEX) – On 8 June 1998, around 9 pm local time, unknown individuals burst into the home of journalist Meirkhaim Gavrielov, beating and then strangling him with an iron wire. Gavrielov, 70, was a noted journalist who had worked for the Tajik media for more than fifty years. At the time of his murder, Gavrielov […]