Firuz Umarzoda - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Asia Plus, Journalist

Incident date: September 3, 2024

Attack type:

  • Search without a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Tajikistan, Dushanbe

Additional information:

Journalists of the news agency Asia Plus had their personal phones searched for subscriptions to banned channels and pages in social networks. After the search, for which there was no official document, the journalist wrote an explanatory note. The inspection was carried out by officers of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan.

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