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Tajik journalist Abdullo Ghurbati poses in an undated photo. A court in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, found Ghurbati guilty of publicly insulting an authority and participating in the activities of an extremist group on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. Note: Picture is private (Newsflash) (@aghurbati/Newsflash)

UNFOUNDED CASE: Tajik Journalist Jailed For Seven And A Half Years For Allegedly Insulting Cop And Extremist Group Membership

(starts) A Tajik journalist has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for assaulting a police officer and membership of a banned extremist group. The journalist and documentary filmmaker Avazmad Ghurbatov, aged 26, was jailed behind closed doors in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on Tuesday, 4th October. Ghurbatov, who…

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