Tajikistan News News Tajikistan » Government: CPJ: Tajikistan’s government is throttling independent media
"In one telling sign of the climate of fear that prevails in Tajikistan, only two among the more than a dozen journalists, press freedom advocates, and experts that CPJ met with were willing to speak ...
News Tajikistan » Government: India, Tajikistan review ties; Dushanbe invited to SCO dialogue
Union Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh met Tajikistan's FM Sirojiddin Muhriddin to review bilateral ties. He invited Tajikistan to the inaugural SCO Civilizational Dialogue in Kolkata and reaffirmed India ...
News Tajikistan » Government: In Tajikistan, Clerics And Government Officials Are Deciding What Women Should Wear
Women's clothes are high on the government's agenda once again in Tajikistan, where authorities and Islamic leaders are working on new guidelines on what women should wear to work and during their ...
News Tajikistan » Government: Tajikistan's Secret Trial: A Plot To Seize Power Or A Government Fearful Of Being Overthrown?
In an unprecedented court case that has stunned many Tajiks, eight public figures are being tried in secret in Dushanbe for allegedly seeking to overthrow authoritarian President Emomali Rahmon, who ...
News Tajikistan » Government: Tajikistan: Exiled Activists’ Relatives Detained over Protest
(Berlin, October 6, 2023) – The authorities in Tajikistan have detained relatives of their country’s opposition diaspora members who held protests during President Emomali Rakhmon’s recent visit to ...
News Tajikistan » Government: Tajikistan: Crisis-gripped government opts to pick deadly fight in the Pamirs
The security crackdown that the Pamiris of east Tajikistan have nervously been expecting for months finally arrived this week, claiming at least 10 lives already. Many expect the toll to grow by the ...
News Tajikistan » Government: Tajikistan unblocks Facebook, news sites
This past weekend, the Tajikistan government ordered Internet service providers (ISPs) to unblock Facebook, along with several independent news websites. The ban lasted about one week. The first site ...
News Tajikistan » Government: MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh to attend SCO conference in Tajikistan
MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh will travel to Tajikistan for a two-day visit to attend the SCO Conference on Central Asia. The visit highlights India's focus on the region as an extended neighbourhood and ...
News Tajikistan » Government: Tajikistan to Enhance Sustainable and Resilient Economic Growth with World Bank Support
The $50 million grant will support key reforms aimed at improving the business environment, strengthening public sector governance and enhancing resilience to shocks WASHINGTON, January 12, 2023—The ...
News Tajikistan » Government: Mexican president finally offloads ‘ostentatious’ VIP 787 to Tajikistan’s government
Mexico’s government has agreed to sell its controversial presidential Boeing 787-8 to the government of Tajikistan, after trying to offload the twinjet for years. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ...