On 26 February, public organization “Khoma” and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) held a conference in Dushanbe on the issues of implementation of the media legislation in Tajikistan.

Among other topics, participants also discussed the problems of licensing of private TV and radio companies, protection of dignity and professional interests of journalists, access to information, violations of professional rights of journalists, and problems of registration of media.

The participants issued an appeal to the Tajik government where they expressed their opinions on the enhancement of Tajikistan’s media legislation.

Inter Press Service