New York, August 17, 2011--The Committee to
Protect Journalists calls on Tajik prosecutors to drop the fabricated extremism
charges against Urinboy Usmonov, the BBC World Service correspondent in Tajikistan,
and acquit him.
New York, June 16, 2011--TheCommittee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention and reported
beating in custody of Urinboy Usmonov, a local correspondent for the BBC
Central Asia service, and calls for his immediate release.