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Tajik voters headed to the polls on March 1 to vote in parliamentary elections, widely seen as an uneven contest between President Emomali Rahmon's ruling party and one opposition party. Cases of ballot-box stuffing and other irregularities have been reported.
Tajik opposition activists in exile have urged Austria not to extradite a Tajik citizen to Dushanbe, where they say he will face torture and an unfair trial.
Tajikistan has suspended all air flights to Iran as many countries in the region scramble to take precautions after Tehran announced the highest death toll from the coronavirus outside of China.
A former Tajik commander extradited to Dushanbe from the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) in recent days may face more charges, the Central Asian country's Interior Ministry said on February 20.
Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin has downplayed a police official's statement that prompted protests in neighboring Kyrgyzstan.
The United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) has sent a former Tajik field commander back to Tajikistan where he faces charges of murder, robbery, kidnapping, and other crimes.
The village where Tajikistan's president was born is receiving a flood of investment as it is being upgraded to a provincial capital.
Two Tajik girls were battling illnesses that threatened their lives unless they could undergo liver transplants. Last month, doctors told their mothers they'd found a perfect match: each woman could donate part of her liver to the other's daughter.
Tajikistan is aiming to cut the term of mandatory military service from two years to 18 months, the country's justice minister has said.
The Tajik National Bank says terrorists who killed four foreign cyclists in the former Soviet republic in 2018 were financed via the Russian payment system Zolotaya Korona (Golden Crown).
Tajikistan's state prosecutor has confirmed that it detained independent journalist Daler Sharifov on extremism charges.
Independent Tajik journalist Daler Sharifov, who has been held by police for more than two days, has been arrested on a charge of inciting public discord.
Tajik police have arrested 113 people on suspicion of being members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group.
Tajik authorities have again failed to fully grant the accreditation requests of RFE/RL journalists and staff members.
Tajik police have decided not to open a criminal probe to find the perpetrators behind a sex video shared online in an apparent smear campaign against a woman activist.
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Mukhammedkalyi Abylgaziev has ordered security along the border with Tajikistan to be beefed up following an incident overnight where gunshots were fired.
Relatives and police sources have confirmed the detentions in Tajikistan of dozens of suspected followers of the banned Muslim Brotherhood during raids in recent days. Authorities have declined to comment.
A senior U.S. diplomat has urged Central Asian nations to deepen their cooperation to boost economic opportunities and strengthen security in the region.
Eight labor migrants from Tajikistan have been killed by a fire at a greenhouse farm in a suburb of Moscow.
Tajik police have detained 27 people on suspicion of being members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group.
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