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A leading rights watchdog group has released a report documenting an ongoing government crackdown on the poorest of the poor in Central Asia’s least economically developed state. Persistent repression ...
News Tajikistan » Gorno-Badakhshan » Economy: Amid Chinese Investments in Tajikistan, Pamiris Are Losing Their Agency
The river near Kishti Poyan, bordering GBAO, May 2022. Credit: Oliver Reschreiter Amid the fervor surrounding China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Tajikistan stands out as a staunch supporter.
News Tajikistan » Gorno-Badakhshan » Economy: 5 Residents Of Volatile Tajik Region Extradited By Russia
DUSHANBE -- Russian officials detained five residents of the village of Yazgulom in the volatile Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region and extradited them to Tajikistan last week, where they were charged ...
News Tajikistan » Gorno-Badakhshan » Economy: Tajik Official Confirms Arrests Of Almost 30 Residents Of Volatile Gorno-Badakhshan Region
DUSHANBE -- Tajikistan's First Deputy Interior Minister Abdurahmon Alamshozoda has confirmed reports by RFE/RL's Tajik Service that 27 residents of the Yazgulom community in the volatile ...
News Tajikistan » Gorno-Badakhshan » Economy: Tajikistan to Boost Community Livelihoods, Infrastructure, and Resilience with Additional Financing from the World Bank
WASHINGTON, June 6, 2025 – The World Bank has approved additional financing from the International Development Association (IDA) to benefit local communities, including youth, women, and vulnerable ...
News Tajikistan » Gorno-Badakhshan » Economy: Tajikistan: Investigate Deaths of Five Pamiri Political Prisoners
(Berlin, September 3, 2025) – Tajikistan authorities should promptly and impartially investigate the deaths in custody of five ethnic Pamiri activists during 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. The ...
News Tajikistan » Gorno-Badakhshan » Economy: Tajikistan systematically violates rights of Pamiri minority: Amnesty International
Tajikistan’s authorities systematically discriminate against the Pamiri minority, and grossly violate their rights, through suppression of cultural and religious institutions, political exclusion and ...
News Tajikistan » Gorno-Badakhshan » Economy: 5 Chinese Workers Killed in 2 Attacks in Tajikistan Along Afghan Border
China’s embassy in Tajikistan has urged Chinese businesses and workers to evacuate the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border areas where several Chinese citizens were killed in what Tajik authorities say were ...
News Tajikistan » Gorno-Badakhshan » Economy: Tajikistan: Supporting Entrepreneurship for Economic Development
Favorable external conditions have driven Tajikistan’s economic growth and poverty reduction. However, GDP per capita remains low, job creation is weak, and productivity improvements are minimal.