News outlets will be forced to quote exclusively from state-run Tajikistan media under new laws | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Moscow (dpa) – Tajikistan has banned news outlets from reporting about the government without citing the state-run news agency, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported on Monday. “All state bodies must send their messages and press releases to the national information agency Khovar, while other media are now able to use official information only by citing that…