In an effort to rein in prostitution, Tajikistan has drafted legislation to punish pimps and brothel owners by terminating their parental rights. Critics say the way to reduce prostitution is to …
Last Jew in Tajikistani city dies after community thrived there for centuries
Jura Abaev was the last living member of the Bukharan community in Khujand, a city that was a longtime center of Jewish presence in the region …
For centuries, Jews thrived in Khujand, Tajikistan. Now the city’s last Jew has died.
For many centuries, the city of Khujand in Tajikistan, a mountainous Muslim-majority country, had been a center of Jewish presence in Central Asia. But the once-rich communal life of Bukharan Jews in …
Lawyer Gets Jail Term After Posting About Injustice In The Tajik Justice System
In Tajikistan, there are many red lines not written in the laws. A lawyer has crossed one of those lines and is now headed to prison.
Tajikistan: Authorities somehow find more room for internet censorship
Anybody who imagined authorities in Tajikistan had run out of ways to censor the internet needs to think again …
Success of Tajik woman agri-entrepreneur ‘demonstrates value of Green Economy Financing Facility’
Shamsihol Sultonova, who owns a farm in the Shahritus region of Tajikistan —has been highlighted to demonstrate the value of the Green Economy Financing Facility (GEFF), backed by the European Bank …
Older People Not Spared in Tajikistan’s Crackdown
Doniyor Nabiev was just trying to help people in need. The 80-year-old man from the Rudaki region of Tajikistan had been sharing his retirement savings with the local families of political prisoners.
Tajikistan: Fresh grapes available almost year-round
Over the last twenty years, plant breeders of the Institute of Horticulture, Viticulture, and Vegetable Growing of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Tajikistan have created a wide …
Tajikistan starts work on training centre for rescuers
Tajikistan has launched work on a new training centre for rescue workers from Central Asian countries, including Afghanistan. Rustam Nazarzoda, the head of Tajikistan’s Emergency Committee, said the …
Azerbaijan, Tajikistan discuss cooperation prospects
Azerbaijani ambassador to Tajikistan Hasan Mammadzade has met with the head of the Committee on International Affairs, Public Associations and …