Nargis Zokirova
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More than six years on from Tajikistan’s bloody conflict, the authorities take new steps to find those behind the murder of journalists.
Campaigners see proposed end to capital punishment for women as important step on road to death penalty moratorium.
President promises to pardon those returning capital held abroad unlawfully to Tajik banks.
Another opposition group finds the way blocked to next year's election.
Reporters’ lives are made a misery by hostile officials and mean employers.
New research reveals mass exploitation and enslavement of women farm workers.
One of the world’s most corrupt countries struggles to create a fairer business environment.
Former interior minister presents himself as an opposition leader, but has a chequered past.
Desperate young women choose death by self-immolation to rebel against suicide taboo.
Officials hope bilateral agreement with Moscow will put an end to the intimidation and deaths of Tajiks working in Russia.