Abdusattor Pirmukhammadzoda - Justice for Journalists

Abdusattor Pirmukhammadzoda

Affiliated media: Independent Blogger

Incident date: July 19, 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, Dushanbe

Additional information:

The head of the Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan Shodi Khafizzoda said at a press conference on July 19 that the detained Tajik blogger and journalist Abdusattor Pirmukhammadzoda is suspected of extremist activity and a criminal case under Part 1 of Article 307 (public calls for extremist activities and public justification of extremism) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan was opened against him. According to him, Pirmukhammadzoda is currently in a detention center.

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