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Tajik lawmakers have approved a bill banning the issuance of new identification documents and birth certificates for ethnic Tajiks containing Russified surnames, the latest attempt to revive traditional names.
Tajikistan insists it has no coronavirus infections, though there's a suspicious spike in fatal "pneumonia" cases that raises fears Dushanbe is gambling with the public's health.
TV stations in Ukraine, Serbia, and Spain, have bought up rights to the Tajik soccer championship, one of the few soccer leagues in the world that is continuing despite the coronavirus epidemic. Tajikistan has not reported any COVID-19 cases so far, but matches are being played behind closed doors as a precautionary measure.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon's eldest son has become the chairman of the parliament's upper chamber, known as the Majlisi Milli.
A Tajik court has sentenced independent journalist Daler Sharifov to one year in a penal colony in a case media watchdogs labelled an "absurd extremism" trial.
A Tajik court has begun the trial of a journalist on extremism charges that international media-freedom watchdogs have called "absurd."
A Tajik court has postponed the trial of a journalist who is facing what international media-freedom watchdogs call "absurd" extremism charges.
Residents of an apartment block in the northern Tajik city of Khujand say a giant banner of the country's authoritarian president, Emomali Rahmon, has been blocking their view -- and light -- for a year. They say local authorities are too fearful of the president to do anything about it.
A 16-year-old teenager has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison in Tajikistan in a controversial double murder case even though relatives of the victims don't believe the youth was guilty.
A military court in Tajikistan has sentenced a Jehovah's Witness to two years in prison after finding him guilty of refusing compulsory military service.
How do people stay safe, strong, and sane during the prolonged isolation imposed by the coronavirus pandemic? A Tajik opera performer in Italy entertains by singing from his balcony. A Tajik marathon runner keeps fit by running back and forth on his tiny terrace in Austria. And a Russian ballet dancer, also in Austria, talks about training at home.
Dozens of Tajiks, including many women and children, were stranded for 17 hours on the Kazakh-Uzbek border on March 16 as countries closed their borders in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Austrian authorities have extradited a Tajik asylum seeker to Tajikistan on Dushanbe's request despite warnings from activists that the man may face torture and an unfair judicial process there.
Jailed Tajik lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov has received the Prague-based People in Need NGO's annual Homo Homini prize at a special ceremony in the Czech capital.
Authorities in Tajikistan are trying to reassure the population that the Central Asian nation has enough food supplies, after panic-buying over coronavirus fears caused food price hikes and shortages.
The mother of the sole survivor of a group of attackers who killed four Western cyclists in Tajikistan in 2018 has raised questions about the death of her son in prison..
Several mosques in Dushanbe have asked worshippers to not attend Friday Prayers as a precaution against the spreading of the coronavirus in mostly Muslim Tajikstan, which has yet to register a confirmed case.
The sole survivor of a group of attackers who killed four Western cyclists in Tajikistan in 2018 has died in a prison in the capital, Dushanbe.
There have been apparent instances of voting irregularities in parliamentary elections in Tajikistan. In one instance, an RFE/RL correspondent saw a single voter cast 22 ballots during voting on March 1. President Emomali Rahmon's ruling party has been declared the overwhelming winner, while the only opposition party failed to win a single seat.
Tajikistan's election authorities say President Emomali Rahmon's ruling party, as expected, has won March 1 parliamentary elections and is set to retain control over parliament with its pro-presidential allies.
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