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Home | ALL NEWS | WORLD | New Tajikistan Media Law is Step in Wrong Direction

New Tajikistan Media Law is Step in Wrong Direction

July 20, 2015 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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Tajikistan Media Law

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…

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Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Central Asia, Dictatorships, Journalism and Free Speech

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