Editor’s note: This post is for our Tajik readers.  See the original English version here.
Алфарабиус: Ҷаноби Нуров, метавонед, гӯед, ки  сабаби даъвои шумо ба зидди рӯзномаҳо чист?
Нуров: Сабаб ин аст, ки ҳамаи ин …

Editor’s note: This post is for our Tajik readers. The original post here.

Дар баҳси байни додрасон ва журналистон ҳарду тараф бо интихоби вазнин рӯбарӯст
Рӯзи сешанбеи 2-юми феврал нишасти додгоҳии се …

In an exclusive interview with neweurasia, Tajikistan’s Supreme Court Judge Nor Nurov for the first time speaks with the media about the lawsuit against three independent Tajik newspapers. The interview was conducted via phone with our blogger Alpharabius. “Baseless accusations have been directed against us,” says Mr. Nurov. “All the papers of Tajikistan, all the journalists are against us…”

The lawsuit by three Tajik Supreme Court judges against three independent Tajik newspapers promises to be earthshattering for all involved, writes neweurasia’s Alpharabius. Will the government choose power over justice? Will the media choose safety over truth?

Three judges, two of them members of the Supreme Court of Tajikistan, have conspired to punish three independent newspapers for publishing a sensational story about unlawful conviction practices at the courts, writes neweurasia’s Alpharabius. This represents the latest in a new worrisome pattern…

Everyone loves free cheese. How about free tanks and Kalashnikovs? Until recently it was a general assumption that Tajikistan would always receive armored vehicles, aircraft, and personal weaponry from Moscow, and hundreds of its students were attending Russian military colleges, all for free. However, the situation is now changing drastically due to the shifting geopolitics of the region.

Luc Moers, the IMF Resident Representative in Tajikistan, has said that the results of the audits on Barqi Tojik, the national state energy company, and Talco, the national aluminum company, will remain confidential. Perhaps he’s doing Tajikistan a favor, muses Salimjon.