Daler Imomali - Justice for Journalists

Daler Imomali

Affiliated media: Independent blogger

Incident date: June 15, 2022

Attack type:

  • Prosecution for extremism, links with terrorists, inciting hatred, high treason, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, rehabilitation of Nazism (2)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Asia Plus

Location: Tajikistan, Душанбе

Additional information:

Criminal cases have been opened against journalists Daler Imomali and Abdullo Gurbati. Daler’s lawyer Abdurakhmon Sharipov said that they were detained. «A criminal case has been opened against Daler Imomali under two articles of the Criminal Code: Part 1 of Article 259 (illegal entrepreneurship) by the Dushanbe City Prosecutor’s Office and Paragraph A of Part 2 of Article 346 (knowingly false denunciation) by the Shohmansur District Prosecutor’s Office», — the lawyer said. As for Gurbati, the Shokhmansur District Prosecutor’s Office opened a case against him under Part 1 of Article 328 (use of violence against a representative of the authorities) by a district police officer, Abdurakhmon Sharipov said. Both detainees are currently in the temporary detention center of the Dushanbe City Policy Department. Daler Imomali has partially pleaded guilty, while Abdullo Gurbati, who was Imomali’s cameraman, denies the charges, the defence lawyer added.

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