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The Tajik parliament's lower chamber has approved a bill proposed by President Emomali Rahmon on a mass amnesty affecting some 20,000 people, including individuals sentenced for "liking online extremist posts."
Two sons of Amriddin Tabarov, the late founder and leader of the banned Islamic militant group Jamaat Ansarullah, have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms in Tajikistan.
Art students around the world find themselves sketching naked models as part of the studies. Some artists and models find it uncomfortable. In Tajikistan, for some, it's breaking a taboo.
Young Tajik men are being taken from the streets by people in plain clothes and reportedly sent to serve in the army for two years. Sometimes, the men are taken without any prior notice.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has proposed that parliament adopt a law on a mass amnesty affecting some 20,000 people, including foreign nationals, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Central Asian nation's constitution.
A 58-year-old Tajik teacher has been sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison for sexually assaulting his 12-year-old female student, which the teacher's relatives deny, saying he just kissed her.
Tajikistan's Supreme Court has labeled the National Alliance of Tajikistan (PMT) -- a group uniting several opposition movements and parties based in the European Union -- as a terrorist and extremist organization.
RFE/RL's Tajik-language website and social media sites Facebook and YouTube appear to have been blocked again in the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan.
Tajikistan has turned over to Kabul 48 Afghan citizens who were serving prison terms in the Central Asian nation.
Domestic violence is commonplace in Tajikistan, where the law doesn’t explicitly criminalize abuse and the government is being criticized for failing to tackle the problem.
A Tajik opposition activist has been detained in Belarus at Tajikistan's request and may be extradited to Dushanbe, Belarusian rights group Human Constanta told RFE/RL.
Tajikistan's first-ever Olympic champion, hammer thrower Dilshod Nazarov, won't participate in the world championships kicking off later this month over a failed doping test.
Tajik lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov has been awarded the Faiziniso Vohidova Human Rights Prize for his contribution to the development of democratic institutions and civil rights in Tajikistan.
A shoot-out on a disputed section of the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in the Ferghana Valley has left at least one border guard dead and 19 other people wounded, officials from both countries say.
A Tajik government source says Syrian refugee camps currently house at least 575 Tajik women and children whose families had joined the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
Some 300 children from four villages in the Vahdat district of Tajikistan must make a treacherous journey to school, walking between three and four kilometers every day, each way. Some wade through a river, but when the waters rise, they must cross a high, rickety suspension bridge.
A court in Tajikistan's northeastern city of Khujand has sentenced a Jehovah's Witness to 7 1/2 years in prison after finding him guilty of inciting religious hatred.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Tajik authorities to investigate the "apparently targeted disruption" of the embattled independent news agency Asia-Plus's websites and to help ensure they are accessible.
A small Tajik boy who contracted polio and could hardly walk has turned into a man who impresses everyone with his strength as he gets around everywhere on his hands.
A former commander of Tajik government forces during the country's five-year civil war who is wanted in Tajikistan on charges of murder, robbery, hostage taking, and other crimes, has been detained in the United Arab Emirates.
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