On 2 July, Gulnora Nosirova, a freelance journalist approached the statistical unit of the Tajik Council of Justice with a request about a number of journalists who had to pay penalties for defamation according to court resolutions.

Head of the statistical unit Zaragul Abdukodirzode advised the journalist to approach the State Statistics Committee, having explained that this information is considered a state secrecy, and she is not in the position to make it public. She added that all data on court hearings is submitted by the Council of justice to the State Statistics Committee.

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