Tajikistan, Uzbekistan mark Press Freedom Day by curbing press freedom
Two dispatches from the quiet war on journalism in Central Asia.
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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