Jahongir Rahimzoda - Justice for Journalists

Jahongir Rahimzoda

Affiliated media: Blogger

Incident date: February 17, 2024

Attack type:

  • Criminal/administrative prosecution excluding (1), (2) and (3)

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Online agency Bomdod

Location: Tajikistan, Dushanbe

Additional information:

On February 17, the 19-year-old blogger was detained for making joke videos on social networks and arrested by the court for 10 days. The report was drawn up for disobeying the lawful demands of police officers (Article 479 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Tajikistan). The court considered his videos to be insulting and disrespectful of the cultural values of the Tajik people.

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