Residents of the most densely populated Bokhtar district in Khatlon province do not have access to local news and information
800 subscribers of the district “Bokhtar” weekly cannot timely receive the newspaper. By some reasons, the local authorities cannot appoint the editor to their own printing outlet. Since March 2007, the “Bokhtar” weekly has not had the editor, whereas its only writing author, Mukimjon Mukhtorov, has been in the hospital for two months.

Upon the initiative of the newspaper’s accountant, Sanobar Khudoidodova, six issues of “Bokhtar” have been released in 2008; each of them dedicated to certain political and historic events. However, the staff cannot receive their salaries for several months. The district finance department does not provide the money in view of the absence of editor’s signature.

NANSMIT Monitoring Service