Over 2,300 students voluntarily dropped out of school and joined the army during the recent spring draft, Tajik Education Minister Rakhim Saidzoda said at a July 19 press conference. According to him, most of the recruits are law graduates who “decided to pass their exams ahead of schedule and pay back to their homeland.” “Many […]
The European Parliament strongly condemned the repressions of the Tajik authorities against the civilian population during the suppression of protests in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. The resolution of the European Parliament on this issue was adopted on July 7 by an absolute majority. The European Parliament also expressed serious concern about the deteriorating human rights […]
Authorities continue to crack down on civil society activists in Badakhshan. The court of the city of Khorog sentenced Muyassar Sadonshoev to 11 years in prison, he was found guilty of treason. “The whole fault of Muyassar was that he filmed the meetings of the “Commission 44” and posted them on the Internet. So they […]
In Tajikistan, the “elimination” of the ranks of civil society from its most active representatives continues. On June 29, a Dushanbe city court sentenced two civil society activists in GBAR (Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region) to 18 years in prison. We are talking about Khujamri Pirnazarov and Shaftolu Bekdavlatov, who were members of the “Commission 44”, created […]
UN Special Rapporteur on human trafficking Siobhan Mullally criticized the practice of the authorities of Tajikistan to involve schoolchildren and students in rehearsals (the word ‘marches’ is popular among the population) on the occasion of holidays and ceremonial events, mass meetings, processions, meetings of high-ranking guests and the President of the country during his working […]
In Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) of Tajikistan, the so-called special operation of the country’s security forces continues to clean up, according to them, from the leaders and members of organized criminal groups. The people of Badakhshan consider them civil activists who are fighting for the rights of the inhabitants of the autonomy and against the […]
The authorities continue to repress and detain participants of rallies unauthorized by the authorities in November and May of this year in Khorog. Over the past weekend in Khorog, more than ten members of the so-called Commission 44 (an unregistered public association which was created in the administrative center of GBAO on the last day […]
The case of journalist and civil activist Ulfathonim Mamadshoeva, who is accused in Tajikistan of publicly calling for the overthrow of the government, has been classified. The lawyer, hired by the journalist’s family, signed a non-disclosure agreement on the progress of the investigation, and therefore refrains from communicating with the press. The power structures are […]
Mamadbokir Mamadbokirov, whom the authorities called the leader of organized crime in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) of Tajikistan, and local youth – their idol and hero opposing the central authorities, was killed on May 22 in Khorog (the administrative center of the autonomy). “At 17:30 in Khorogi bolo mahalla of the city of Khorog, […]
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