In the past year in Tajikistan, eight journalists and bloggers were sentenced to sentences ranging from 7 to 21 years for collaboration with prohibited organisations. Radio Ozodi collected testimonies from their families. One of them managed to get a letter out of solitary confinement, where he complained of being subjected to psychological pressure and torture.
Condemning Tajikistan’s systematic censorship of independent journalism, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the release of four reporters who recently received sentences ranging from seven to ten years in prison for supposed links with extremist organisations simply because they covered “sensitive” subjects that bothered the authorities.
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