Freedom House says the situation in the sphere of the Tajik mass media has deteriorated.

Tajikistan has the 166-th position in the traditional rating of Freedom of Speech annually published by the US-based human rights watchdog Freedom House.

The recent report of this organization contains outcomes of an assessment conducted in 195 countries around the globe. All countries are divided into three categories – “free” “relatively free” and “not free”.

Freedom House placed Tajikistan in the group of “not free” judging the number of points, which the country has to gain in terms of political and civil freedoms. Tajikistan received 6 points for political freedom, and 5 points for civil freedom. The “free” countries are those who gain 1-2 points; the “relatively free” get 3-5 points; and “not free” receive 6-7 points. According to the report, the worst situation is in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

In the last year report, Tajikistan was at the 165-th position, which meas that the situation has deteriorated.

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