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Tajikistan, Uzbekistan mark Press Freedom Day by curbing press freedom

Tajikistan, Uzbekistan mark Press Freedom Day by curbing press freedom

Two dispatches from the quiet war on journalism in Central Asia.

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May 02, 2025
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Welcome to the Serena Hotel in Dushanbe. Or not.

It was intended as a low-key event to mark World Press Freedom Day.

But the authorities in Tajikistan had other ideas.

This week, a couple of days ahead of the May 3 date, a coalition of women journalists – a doubly beleaguered cohort – convened a roundtable discussion to be held at the Serena Hotel in downt…

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