Usually when I talk about Tajikistan blogs at neweurasia I prefer naming/categorizing them as Tajik-Tajik blog, which means a blog about Tajikistan in Tajik language, or Tajik-English blog (this one), or Tajik-Russian. The same way of categorizing can be applied to all media outlets in Tajikistan. At first glance you can not notice a […]
Yesterday two Tajik nationals, suspected of killing Ilyas Shurpaev - a reporter of Russian TV company Channel One were detained in Dushanbe by the local police.
Television reporter Ilyas Shurpayev was found dead March 21 in a rented Moscow apartment with a belt around his neck and multiple knife wounds.
Although the implication of these […]
This is a translation of Roma’s post from the Russian-Tajik neweurasia blog.
Journalist is an interesting profession, but extremely unappreciative in Tajikistan. The government is not putting that much pressure on journalists as the editors and publishers do.
There is a long range of evidences which can prove how hard is it to be a […]
Conflict within and around the Democratic Party of Tajikistan (DPT) has recently developed into a political stalemate. Less then 10 days before the presidential election, the DPTs old guard led by acting chairman Rahmatullo Valiev still struggles to prove illegitimacy of the splitter faction of Masud Sobirov. The latter was recently registered as chairman […]
Recently, there were two good news about journalists in Tajikistan. One was about the initiative of the Republican association Media Alliance Tajikistan there will be fixed up a memorial plate In the memory of journalists of independent Tajikistan. The initiative was supported by all the journalist associations of Tajikistan.
The memorial plate was designed by […]
Tajikistans Ministry of Communications lifted the ban on several websites blocked in early October in the interests of information security.
Speaking to the radio Ozodi on October 11, Davron Olimov, an official in the information regulation agency, said the Ministry of Communications had to revise its decision because it had drawn many complaints.
The Ministry […]
Tajik Government has finally understood that strict censorship of print media and total control over television and radio outlets is not enough to completely stifle the freedom of speech in the country. Last week, the Communications Ministry launched an unexpected attack against a number of Web sites, the last bastions of freedom of speech […]
Tajikistan has been a member of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) since February 1992. Membership to the organization was a great asset for the young Central Asian country struggling to stand the test of independence and preserve internal unity. On the other hand, OSCEs close attention made the government at […]
The US Department of State issued a note saying that it hopes that BBC’s suspension in Tajikistan is temporary.
Washington — The British Broadcasting Corporations (BBC) FM radio service in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, was suspended January 11, and a U.S. diplomat says he hopes the interruption in programming is only temporary.
The United States is aware […]
Tajikistan has suspended the BBCs local FM services.
The decision to suspend the service was made on 10 January and follows the adoption of a law requiring foreign media outlets with FM services to register with the Justice Ministry.
The BBC said the 20-day registration deadline had been “unrealistic” because the process normally took up to […]
