Committee to Protect Journalists: Tajikistan Parliament Approves Amendments Imposing Fines, Detentions for 'False News' Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
July 01, 2020
July 01, 2020
NEW YORK, July 1 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following news:
Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon should not ratify proposed legal amendments that would threaten free expression in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
On June 26, the country's National Assembly, its upper house of parliament, unanimously approved amendments to the country's administrative code making it illegal to "[disseminate] false information about the p . . .
Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon should not ratify proposed legal amendments that would threaten free expression in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.
On June 26, the country's National Assembly, its upper house of parliament, unanimously approved amendments to the country's administrative code making it illegal to "[disseminate] false information about the p . . .