A Journal of Analysis and News Location of Tajikistan. Source: CIA World Factbook.By Eurasia Review and IPHR The trials of several human rights defenders and journalists, who have been charged with various criminal offenses in apparent retaliation for their criticism of the government’s repressive policies in the restive Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), recently began
In a closed-door trial, Ghurbati was found guilty on charges of assaulting and insulting a police officer and participation in a banned extremist group. The prosecution appears to be in retaliation for his journalism.
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Prosecutors at the trial of noted Tajik journalist Abdullo Ghurbati have asked a court in Dushanbe to convict and sentence the defendant to the maximum allowed eight years in prison on charges he and his supporters say are unfounded.