Journalists Killed  |  Tajikistan

Tabarali Saidaliev

Ba Pesh

October 21, 1993, Tajikistan

Saidaliev, editor of Ba Pesh newspaper, was kidnapped on October 21, and his body was found three days later in a cotton field. The men who kidnapped him were dressed like government security agents.


Medium: Print

Job: Editor

Beats Covered: Business, Crime, Human Rights, Politics

Gender: Male

Local or Foreign: Local

Freelance: No

Type of Death: Murder

Suspected Source of Fire: Government Officials

Impunity: Yes

Taken Captive: Yes

Tortured: No

Threatened: No


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