Tajikistan holds journalist on extremism charges
Move fuels fears former Soviet republic is clamping down on dissent before elections
Tajikistan has said it is holding an independent journalist and government critic on extremism charges, fuelling concerns that the government of the ex-Soviet republic is cracking down on dissent before upcoming elections.
The state prosecutor said in a press release late on Saturday that Daler Sharipov had been detained for publishing “over 200 articles and commentaries containing extremist content” between 2013 and 2019.
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