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Freedom House Calls Tajikistan One of the “Most Repressive” Countries…
The international human rights organization Freedom House called Tajikistan one of the "most repressive"…
Social media posts by Tajik president’s grandson unsettle ruling circles as…
Dushanbe 25/2 (35.71)
The social networking activity of "influencer" Ismoil Mahmadzoir is causing a stir within…
Tajikistan’s Mega Hydropower Project on the Brink of Financial Turmoil
Tajikistan’s existential project to build the colossal 335-meter-high Roghun hydropower dam is proceeding…
Tajikistan Hands Prime Tract Of Land To President’s Relative Opponents Claim
The Tajik government has recently transferred thousands of hectares of prime land to a private company that…
Will the Third Time Be the Charm for Tajikistan’s Thwarted Power Transition?
Infighting over the succession and growing frustration in the regions could shatter the stability that the…
Germany/Tajikistan: Jailed after Deportation
A year ago Germany deported to Tajikistan an activist from that country’s exiled opposition movement who…
Is Tajikistan’s succession saga any closer to the end?
Rustam Emomali is increasingly the face of his country on the international stage
On January 29,…
In Tajikistan, independent media throttled by state repression
Giant portraits of President Emomali Rahmon adorn even the most nondescript buildings in Tajikistan’s capital…
UN, Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor Call Again on Tajikistan to Release Journalists
Berlin (06/11 – 58)
UN Special Rapporteur of Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, has once again called on…
Tajikistan Journalist, Mamadshoeva Sentenced To 21 Years In Prison
Brussels (25/11 - 33.3)
Tajikistan Supreme Court has sentenced a widely respected 65-year-old female…