Mirzojalol Shojamalov, correspondent of the Radio Liberty Persian service was stopped by Tajik national security servicemen at the airport in Khorog, administrative center of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province. The journalist was going to attend a public meeting on 18 July, on the occasion of the visit of Emomali Rakhmon, Tajik President.

The journalist had his accreditation card and official permission to attend public meetings and cover the President’s visit in the media. However, the national security officers did not allow the correspondent to attend the first meeting of the President with public officials in the province, explaining that “the journalist represents a foreign medium”.

The management of Radio Liberty interprets these actions of the GBAO security services as limitation of journalist’s rights. Radio Liberty expressed concern about this fact.

NANSMIT monitoring service