Urunboy Usmonov, a reporter from the BBC’s Central Asia Bureau, is facing trial in Khujand. Urunboy Usmonov faces accusations under two articles of the Criminal Code – article 36 part 5 (types of accomplices, not informing about the crime), article 307, note 3 (participation in activity of political parties, public or religious association, banned in Tajikistan), Deputy Chairman of the Khujand City Court Shodikhon Nazarov, who presides over the trial, told the AP.