News Tajikistan: Tajikistan Silences One Of The Last Voices Of Dissent In The Country
While most Tajik opposition leaders have left the country amid a brutal government crackdown, Shokirjon Hakimov remained in Dushanbe and continued to openly criticize the authorities. Earlier this month, Tajikistan arrested the opposition politician and silenced a rare voice of dissent.
News Tajikistan: Why Did the Mayor of Dushanbe Meet With Russian President Putin?
Rustam Emomali is also the chair of Tajikistan’s National Assembly and the son of the country’s president. His recent trip to Moscow is stirring talk, once again, of dynastic transition. On May 28, ...
News Tajikistan: Tajikistan Holds Parliamentary Elections Without Independent Observers
Dushanbe’s parliamentary polls, held on March 2, took place without external scrutiny and turned up an expected landslide for the ruling party. The Central Commission for Elections and Referendums of ...
News Tajikistan: The Beard-Busters And Scarf-Snatchers Of Khatlon
Tajikistan's Khatlon region police held a press conference on January 19 to review their progress combating "foreign" influences in 2015. In case you hadn't noticed, Tajik officials have been working ...
News Tajikistan: Khatlon win as Tajikistan league season starts on time
Ehson Boboev scored in stoppage time to give Khatlon a 2-1 win over Istaravshan on Sunday as Tajikistan's league season kicked off on schedule despite most football around the world being shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. The match was played without any fans in attendance following World Health Organization warnings that people in Tajikistan should avoid crowds, although the ex-Soviet Union state has not confirmed a single case of the coronavirus. Khatlon, who have won the league three times since Tajikistan became an independent state in 1991, came from a goal down to secure their first win of the season.
News Tajikistan: Side event: Prevention of Violent Extremism through the Implementation of Tajikistan’s National Strategy on Countering Terrorism and Extremism (2021-2025)
The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism in collaboration with the Republic of Tajikistan held a Side event on Prevention of Violent Extremism through the Implementation of Tajikistan’s ...
News Tajikistan: China-Tajikistan bilateral trade expected to expand, benefit people of both countries: federation
Along with the signing of the China-Tajikistan Treaty on Permanent Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation on Tuesday, the scale of bilateral trade is expected to further expand, radiating out ...
News Tajikistan: Tajikistan's Pressure On 'Informal Leaders' Of Gorno-Badakhshan Angers Locals In Restive Region
Tajikistan has increased pressure on influential figures in Gorno-Badakhshan, a volatile region that the central government has trouble exerting full control over. Three prominent natives were recently charged with inciting ethnic hatred in a move that sparked anger and suspicion among locals.
News Tajikistan: What's Behind The Tumult In Tajikistan's Restive Gorno-Badakhshan Region?
The latest deadly unrest in the Tajik region of Gorno-Badakhshan came after authorities rejected a list of protesters' demands, though problems in the remote area have a long history. Officials say ...
News Tajikistan: Sustained By The Syr Darya: How One River Keeps Tajik Farmers Afloat
RFE/RL photo correspondent Petr Trotsenko meets the Tajiks who depend on the Syr Darya River, a waterway that was once bled nearly dry under Soviet rule and is now under strain from power stations and agriculture.
News Tajikistan: Door-To-Door Campaign Targets Rising Radicalization In Tajikistan
The Tajik government has mobilized thousands of state workers to go door-to-door to lecture youth against the dangers of joining extremist groups. Dozens of Tajik nationals have been linked to terrorist attacks and plots in Russia, the United States, the European Union, and Iran this year.
News Tajikistan: 5 Tajik Men Deported From Russia Appear In Pretrial Detention In Tajikistan
The parents of five young Tajik men from the volatile Gorno-Badakhshan region (GBAO) told RFE/RL on July 1 that the sons had been arrested and are being held in a pretrial detention in GBAO's capital, Khorugh, on unspecified charges.
News Tajikistan: Tajikistan: A country in a hurry, making up for lost time
Tajikistan, once part of the Soviet Union, faces challenges from borders drawn by Moscow. The nation is now focused on building a modern future. President Emomali Rahmon's rule is visible everywhere. The capital, Dushanbe, is undergoing a construction boom. New monuments aim to erase Soviet influence. The country seeks to define its national identity after historical divisions.
News Tajikistan: CSTO to Supply Military Equipment to Tajikistan Amid Border Tensions with Afghanistan
Russia-led CSTO announces military equipment delivery to Tajikistan border forces following increased armed clashes and security ...
News Tajikistan: In Tajikistan: Making Health Care Work
The numbers are grim, especially on maternal and child health. Women and children in Tajikistan face higher rates of malnutrition than women and children in other Central Asian countries and the South ...
News Tajikistan: Though It Has No Coronavirus Cases (Officially), Tajikistan Is Behaving As If It's Fighting A Pandemic
Wearing rubber gloves and a homemade face mask, a middle-aged woman named Ziyoda sells herbs at a vegetable market on the outskirts of Khujand, the ancient Tajik city that is one of the oldest in ...
News Tajikistan: Pakistan to export $14.5million halal meat to Tajikistan
It did not, however, specify a timeline as to when Islamabad planned to export the halal meat items to the Central Asian nation.
News Tajikistan: Tajikistan in talks with Russia for joint patrols as tensions rise on Tajik-Afghan border
Tajikistan is exploring the possibility of Russian troop deployments to help secure its volatile border with Afghanistan, according to a report, citing three Tajik security sources on Tuesday ...
