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Tajikistan Accused of Systematic Religious Repression in 2025 U.S. Report: Ismaili Shi’a Muslims Among the Most Targeted
April 16, 2025 Tajikistan's Main Mosque propogating state’s preferred interpretation of Hanafi Sunni Islam In its 2025 Annual Report, the...
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Tajik President Emomali Rahmon Accused of Crimes Against Humanity in Landmark International Criminal Court Filing
April 14, 2025 President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon In a rare and significant move, three organizations have filed a formal complaint...
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Pressure on independent journalists in Tajikistan continues
On February 5, 2025, 31-year-old journalist Rukhshona Hakimova was sentenced to 8 years in prison on charges of treason; the details of...
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Almost three years since Mamadbokir Mamadbokirov was subjected to state terror
Almost three years ago, on May 22, 2022, in Khorog, popular leader Mamadbokir Mamadbokirov was killed. The Tajik authorities described...
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Civil society is the main victim of repression in the autonomous regions of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
The protests that erupted in the autonomous regions of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan almost three years ago ended in bloody repression....
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"We will find you and kill you." Tajikistan has been included in the list of countries with a high level of transnational repression – HRW.
A new report by the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) sheds light on dozens of cases of transnational...
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Of the 14 people sentenced to life imprisonment in Tajikistan in 2022, 11 were natives of GBAO.
Last year, 14 people were sentenced to life imprisonment in Tajikistan, according to Radio Ozodi. Among them, 11 were natives of GBAO....
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"A Person with an Active Civic Stance." Who is Ulfatkhonim Mamadshoeva?
Journalist Ulfathonim Mamadshoeva, whom the authorities accused of organizing unrest in GBAO, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison....
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