New Tajikistan 2 - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: New Tajikistan 2, News website

Incident date: July 21, 2023

Attack type:

  • Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Radio Ozodi

Location: Tajikistan, Dushanbe

Additional information:

On June 21, the Supreme Court of Tajikistan satisfied the lawsuit of the General Prosecutor and declared the website New Tajikistan 2 an «extremist organisation», banning its activities in the country. At the same time, all websites and pages in the social networks Telegram, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram of the authors of New Tajikistan 2 were blocked and banned in Tajikistan. The General Prosecutor’s Office of Tajikistan warned of criminal liability for cooperation with the banned website. Participation in the activities of an organisation declared a court «extremist», according to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan, is punishable by imprisonment from five to eight years.

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