Affiliated media: Payk newspaper , Newspaper

Incident date: September 20, 2019

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of residence / work premises

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Radio Ozodi

Location: Tajikistan, Kulyab

Additional information:

The editorial office of the weekly newspaper Payk, the only independent publication in the Khatlon region, was evicted from its rented office space in the Department for Youth Affairs building in the city of Kulyaba. They had written a critical article about the leadership of the Youth Department in Kulyab.