Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon at the Independence Palace in Minsk, Belarus on November 30, 2017. Tajik authorities arrested journalist Khayrullo Mirsaidov weeks after he published an open letter to Rahmon and several other officials asking them to crack down on corruption. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)
Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon at the Independence Palace in Minsk, Belarus on November 30, 2017. Tajik authorities arrested journalist Khayrullo Mirsaidov weeks after he published an open letter to Rahmon and several other officials asking them to crack down on corruption. (Reuters/Vasily Fedosenko)

Tajik journalist arrested after alleging official corruption