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A well-known Tajik opposition journalist has been denied entry at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport.
Tajik authorities have suspended the operation of five of the country's six legally-run madrasahs.
Tajik Interior Ministry spokesman Mahmadullo Asadulloev told RFE/RL on July 10 that the suspects are accused of hacking into the computer network of a subsidiary of Sweden's TeliaSonera mobile-telephone operator.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has called on political parties and the media "not to forget their responsibility for social stability," when assessing the current situation in Tajikistan.
The Tajik Interior Ministry announced on June 26 that Muhammadyusuf Ismoilov was arrested earlier this week and accused of demanding bribes from two residents of the northern province of Sughd.
The Afghan, Tajik, and Turkmen presidents officially inaugurate the construction of a new railway connecting the three nations.
Officials from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have confirmed that nationals from both those countries have been found recently fighting on the side of the rebels in Syria's ongoing civil war.
A leading Tajik opposition figure and businessman has been been ordered held in pretrial detention for up to two months.
Tajik businessman and former Industry Minister Zaid Saidov and several Tajik businessmen and academics had recently announced the creation of the New Tajikistan political party.
Authorities in Tajikistan have opened two criminal cases against a former industry minister who recently announced he would create an opposition political party.
Sherik Karamkhudoev was found guilty on May 10 of founding an organized criminal group, organizing mass disorders, and illegal weapons possession.
The leader of the organization Civil Society, Mohiniso Horisova, told RFE/RL that she plans to appeal the court's decision to close her NGO.
Russian police and security agents have detained 140 people following prayers at a mosque in Moscow.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has again promised that November's presidential election will be "fair and transparent" but warned the opposition "not to rely on their foreign patrons."
Controversial Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky angered Tajikistan with his comments on Russian television.
A Tajik Interior Ministry official says two girls missing for almost a month will soon be returned to their parents.
The European Court of Human Rights said on April 18 that Russia sending Ismon Azimov to Tajikistan would subject him to the risk of ill-treatment.
A court in Dubai has ruled that a Tajik opposition figure wanted by Dushanbe for an alleged $1.2 million fraud, Umarali Quvatov, can be extradited to Tajikistan.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Mike Hammer has started his trip to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Some 100 young men and women rallied in front of the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe on April 5, protesting the release of former Prime Minister Abdumalik Abdullojonov from custody in Ukraine.
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