News Tajikistan Politics: 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 Politics: 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 Politics: 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 Politics: 2 Koreas to meet in 2022 World Cup qualifiers; Japan faces Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Myanmar, Mongolia
North Korea and South Korea have been drawn together in an Asian qualifying group as the road to soccer's 2022 World Cup in Qatar became clearer Wednesday. The Korean neighbors will play each other north of the border on Oct 15 and in the south on June 4 in the…
News Tajikistan Politics: Kidnapping, Torture, and Freedom
His life was comfortable, but he was frustrated by Tajikistan’s stifling authoritarianism and became involved in opposition politics. This might be why Tajik security forces seized his business in ...
News Tajikistan Politics: Tajikistan's Human Rights Record up for Review
The CPJ protest lands as Tajikistan comes under review this week ... No serious media outlet could discuss Tajik politics without mentioning the IRPT, but it is increasingly difficult for ...
News Tajikistan Politics: Putin to discuss bilateral relations with Tajikistan's president
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Tajikistan's President Emomali ... of mutually beneficial cooperation in the political, trade and economic, cultural and humanitarian, and ...
