Zarina Ergasheva - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Independent journalist

Incident date: September 4, 2024

Attack type:

Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: JFJ Expert

Location: Tajikistan, Dushanbe

Additional information:

An independent journalist was summoned for interrogation to the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Tajikistan. Earlier, the journalist had participated in a research survey on Tajik-Chinese cooperation.

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