Report on the Media Situation in Tajikistan
October 2000
Objectives
The report had two aims: firstly, to give a general view on the media situation
in this small former Soviet Republic, and, secondly, to make suggestions
regarding future interventions in the field of media development. The first
part of the report can be downloaded below.
Conclusions
Like the whole society, the media is subject to the dramatic transition
process taking place in Tajikistan. There is still no daily newspaper nor
private radio in the country, and the capital Dushanbe does not have private
television broadcasting. Contradictory and restrictive media laws hinder,
among other factors, a substantial media development. But, apart from the
legal framework, the media system also lacks a sound social, political and
economic environment that would guarantee its functioning and continuity.
After years of civil war and terror, which caused numerous killings of journalists,
the problem is not so much the systematic and direct censorship forced upon
journalists, but the self-censorship developed during the war by the professionals
as a survival strategy. This tragic mechanism is so efficient that the Tajik
population’s real concerns are still banned from media. |
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Contact
 contact@cimera.org
Download
 Report
on the Situation of the Media in Tajikistan
Client
 Swiss
Agency of Development and Cooperation SDC
CIMERA Dushanbe conference,
September 2000 |
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