Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has declared the country coronavirus-free, claiming there have been no new cases this month.
Tajikistan: Writing for the president is on the wall (and then scrubbed off)
People in Tajikistan have every reason to be discontented, but it is uncertain that there is any appetite for unrest …
Tajikistan Wants To Take Away The Children Of Convicted Sex Workers. Then Give Us Alternatives, They Say.
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 …
5.2-magnitude quake hits Tajikistan
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted 36 km S of Khorugh, Tajikistan at 19:01:22 GMT (23:01/Jan.24, Baku) on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, Trend reports citing Xinhua. The epicenter, …
Moderate yet deep earthquake of magnitude 5.2 just reported 41 km south of Khorugh, Tajikistan
Just 14 minutes ago, a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Khorugh, Nohijai Şuƣnon, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. The tremor was recorded after midnight on Monday 25 January 2021 at 12:01 am local …
Tajikistan Wants To Take Away Children Of Convicted Sex Workers. Then Give Us Alternatives, They Say.
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 …