Journalists Killed  |  Tajikistan

Olimjon Yorasonov

June or July 1993, Tajikistan

Yorasonov, editor of a regional newspaper in Vakhsh, Khatlon Province, was murdered by members of the People's Front, according to local journalists.


Medium: Print

Job: Editor

Beats Covered: Politics

Gender: Male

Local or Foreign: Local

Freelance: No

Type of Death: Murder

Suspected Source of Fire: Paramilitary Group

Impunity: Yes

Taken Captive: No

Tortured: No

Threatened: No


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