Opposition journalist beaten in Tajikistan

08 Feb 11 | Index Index, minipost

An opposition journalist has been hospitalised after being attacked near his home in Dushanbe. Khikmatullo Saifullozoda is the editor of  the Nadzhot newspaper, which is owned by the Islamic Renaissance of Tajikistan party. He sustained a concussion and his face was been badly disfigured in the incident. The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe have raised the issue of the “increasing pressure on independent media” in Tajikistan. The chairman of the National Association of Independent Media has confirmed that “journalists and publications are threatened (and) questioned“.