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Perspectives: ISKP intensifying online propaganda targeting Russia and Central Asia
Terrorist group widening inroads among Caucasus extremists. Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, Islamic State Khurasan…
UN rights council takes Tajikistan to task
A follow-up report issued recently by the UN General Assembly’s Human Rights Council assails Tajikistan’s government for failing…
Tajikistan: Pamiri minority facing systemic discrimination in ‘overlooked human rights crisis’
The Tajikistani authorities are perpetuating systemic discrimination and severe human rights violations against the Pamiri minority, according to…
In Tajikistan, Clerics And Government Officials Are Deciding What Women Should Wear
Women’s clothes are high on the government’s agenda once again in Tajikistan, where authorities and Islamic leaders are…
The Third Ministerial Meeting Italy + Central Asia held in Rome to discuss cooperation issues
On Wednesday May 29, the top Tajik diplomat Sirojiddin Muhriddin, heading a government delegation, participated in the Third…
Mary Lawlor, UN Criticises Tajikistan Dissolution of 700 NGOs
Brussels (12/03 – 55.56) Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, said that the dissolution…
Russia’s Says NGOs in Central Asia ‘Have Stepped Up Anti-Russian Activities’
Moscow (28/2). Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that non-governmental organizations in Central Asia have stepped up their…
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 Tajik president…
Isaac McKean Scarborough on Moscow’s Heavy Shadow in Tajikistan
The Soviet Union’s collapse 32 years ago led to rapid change, economic collapse, and violence. In Tajikistan, that…
Four Ministers replaced in new government of Kazakhstan
President Kassym-Joomart Tokayev approved the new government of Kazakhstan under the leadership of Olzhas Bektenov. The names of…