Tajik Prosecutor-General's Office said on July 19 the Supreme Court had banned the Pamir Daily News website, which monitors developments in Tajikistan's volatile Gorno-Badakhshan region (GBAO), after labeling it extremist. According to the statement, the decision was made in mid-June. Pamir Daily News is now blocked in the Central Asian nation. The website's editors, who are based out of Tajikistan, issued a statement saying they "will continue the website's operations with even stronger motivation and devotion," calling the court's decision "an attempt to fully disrupt feedback from GBAO residents." To read the original story by RFE/RL's Tajik Service, click here.
Tajik Authorities Label Pamir Daily News Website Extremist
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