Tajikistan
- eurasianet.org Time running out for wrecker of Tajikistan’s internet as Rahmon loses temper
Tajikistan has some of the worst internet in the world. And the president has finally sat up and taken notice.
- eurasianet.org Video footage appears to implicate Tajikistan
While the Tajik government says little, some scant insight into what its soldiers are doing has been provided by a slew of video clips shared on social media.
- eurasianet.org Tajikistan expelling Afghan refugees in their hundreds
Tajikistan has embarked on a campaign of expulsions of Afghan refugees amid protests from the international community.
- eurasianet.org China expands vocational training centers to Central Asia
A network of Chinese vocational schools is spreading into Central Asia, building skills and suspicions.
- www.rferl.org Tajiks Jailed For Driving Their Daughters-In-Law To Suicide Through Verbal, Emotional, And Physical Abuse
Several people have been put behind bars in Tajikistan for driving their daughters-in-law to suicide through insults and abuse. Officials say they want to send a message to abusive in-laws in the country, where parents often meddle in their sons' marriages and treat daughters-in-law as unpaid maids.
- www.abc.net.au Former UWA academic and self-styled future political leader of Tajikistan jailed for advocating terrorism
A self-styled future political leader of Tajikistan is jailed for three-and-a-half years for advocating terrorism via YouTube videos in which he extolled the virtues of violence and martyrdom.
- www.rferl.org Cease-Fire Halts Deadly Clashes Along Kyrgyz-Tajik Border
Authorities in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have reached a cease-fire after border clashes between the Central Asian neighbors' security forces left at least two people dead and many more wounded.
- www.hrw.org Tajikistan: Autonomous Region Protesters Denied Fair Trials
Dozens of residents of an autonomous region in Tajikistan detained since May 2022 protests are facing closed, unfair trials.
- www.rferl.org Tajik Government Clearing The Political Field Of Potential Opposition
The Tajik government has a reputation for repression and has launched several crackdowns on perceived opponents in recent years. But the Tajik regime’s current campaign to silence or eliminate any potential challenge to its authority is the country’s most sweeping yet.