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A correspondent for RFE/RL's Tajik Service, who was detained by Kyrgyz border guards at a disputed segment of the border between the two Central Asian nations, has been released.
Tajik Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov has said journalists from the Russian state media conglomerate Rossia Segodnya (Russia Today) have not been given permission to operate in his country.
Tajikistan's Constitutional Court has found legal the amendments to the country's constitution that could enable President Emomali Rahmon to establish a presidential dynasty.
Hundreds of people in Tajikistan are facing fines or even possible jail time for “illegal hard-currency exchanges.”
Chinese authorities have executed a Tajik national convicted of drug trafficking.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has appointed his daughter as his chief of staff, the latest in a series of moves that appear aimed at consolidating power in his family for years to come.
The head of Tajikistan's National Bank says legislation is being considered to introduce jail terms of up to nine years for what he called "illegal hard-currency exchange operations."
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has signed a bill on the creation of a central communications hub in the former Soviet republic, a move critics say is meant to tighten government control over the Internet and cellular communications.
Tajik authorities say up to 1,000 nationals have joined Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria and Iraq, doubling the figure that officials previously provided.
Lawmakers in Tajikistan have adopted amendments to the country's constitution that could enable President Emomali Rahmon to establish a presidential dynasty.
Relatives of a jailed adviser to former leaders of a banned Islamic party in Tajikistan say her health is rapidly deteriorating and are urging authorities to transfer her to a hospital.
Tajikistan has summoned Iran's Ambassador to Dushanbe Hojjatollah Faghani to express "regret" over Iran's decision to invite the leader of the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) to attend an international conference in Tehran.
Tajik lawmakers have voted to give President Emomali Rahmon the title "Leader of the Nation" and grant him lifelong immunity from prosecution, drawing sharp criticism from opponents and activists who called it a new step away from democracy.
Seven residents of Tajikistan's southwestern Shahrtuz district have been jailed for raising the Islamic State (IS) extremist organization's flag in a public place.
Tajikistan's Supreme Court has sentenced a former official from the banned Islamic Renaissance Party (IRPT) to nine years in prison after convicting him on charges of terrorism and religious extremism.
Tajikistan's parliament has legalized blocking the Internet and telephonesystem during "counterterrorism operations" in the Central Asian nation.
The Tajik mother of a baby who died while in Russian custody says she was hastily deported in order to prevent proper investigations into her son's death.
The mother of a baby Tajik boy who died while in Russian custody is being deported to Tajikistan.
Tajik officials have arrested a Russian soldier in connection with the killing of a woman at a Russian military base in Tajikistan.
Two officers from a military commission that is responsible for conscription in Tajikistan have been stabbed to death in the capital, Dushanbe.
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