Thursday, June 16, 2011

BBC journalist detained in Tajikistan (AP)

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan ? A BBC Radio correspondent has been detained in the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan on suspicion of activity in a terrorist group.

Police spokesman Makhmadullo Asadduloyev said Wednesday that 50-year-old Urunboi Usmonov is suspected of being a member of terrorist organization called Hizb-ut-Tahrir.

Police said Usmonov, a Tajik, joined the banned group in 2009 to carry out "propaganda and promoting this movement in social networks."

Tajikistan holds strategic importance in the NATO military campaign in Afghanistan, serving as a link in supply routes.

While this impoverished former Soviet republic is facing a strong Islamic insurgency at the Afghan border, authorities led by long-time President Emomali Rakhmon have been keeping a tight grip on the media and civil rights groups.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110615/ap_on_re_as/as_tajikistan_journalist_detained

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