Tajikistan

Journalist Olga Tutubalina outside the courtroom for a hearing at which she was convicted of libelling intellectuals in Tajikistan. (Photo: Nilufar Karimova)

Journalist Olga Tutubalina outside the courtroom for a hearing at which she was convicted of libelling intellectuals in Tajikistan. (Photo: Nilufar Karimova)

Tajik Journalist Fined for Collective Libel

State-sponsored arts bodies win claim that the country’s intelligentsia was defamed.

12 Mar 14

Islamic University in Dushanbe, the only educational institution where women can wear Muslim headscarfs during classes. (Photo: Humairo Bakhtiyor)

Islamic University in Dushanbe, the only educational institution where women can wear Muslim headscarfs during classes. (Photo: Humairo Bakhtiyor)

Tajik Women Fight Mosque Exclusion

They say their taxes are now paying clerics yet they still aren’t allowed to attend public prayer.

28 Feb 14

Tajik NGOs Step Up Anti-Torture Campaign

Recent death in detention highlights routine use of torture against suspects.

28 Feb 14

Tajik Farming: Women Dig, Men Earn

21 Feb 14

Tajik Region to Get Riot Cops it Can Live With

14 Feb 14

Tajiks Claim Travel to Kyrgyzstan Hindered

Effects of border confrontation still reverberating in now troubled relationship between neighbouring states.

4 Feb 14

Tajik Mullahs Go on Government Payroll

3 Feb 14

Alarm at Suicide Trend Among Girls in Tajik Southeast

28 Jan 14

Building in Disabled Access in Tajikistan

23 Jan 14

Tajik troops patrol the outer limits of the Vorukh enclave. (Photo courtesy of RFE/RL Tajik Service. © RFE/RL)

Tajik troops patrol the outer limits of the Vorukh enclave. (Photo courtesy of RFE/RL Tajik Service. © RFE/RL)

Kyrgyz-Tajik Row After Border Clash

Two governments take a stand after frontier guards clash over a controversial road project.

15 Jan 14

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