A group of opponents of the Tajik government in Europe said that the authorities have increased pressure on their relatives inside the country for three days. The reason, according to…
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EU Allocates More Than €1.8 Million for Democracy and Human Rights in Tajikistan
On April 17, the application process for grants from the Delegation of the European Union to Tajikistan for the Promotion of Democracy and Human Rights ends. An official announcement on…
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Social media posts by Tajik president’s grandson unsettle ruling circles as leadership succession looms
Dushanbe 25/2 (35.71) The social networking activity of “influencer” Ismoil Mahmadzoir is causing a stir within the country’s political and security corridors. His grandfather President Emomali Rahmon is planning his…
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Tajikistan’s Mega Hydropower Project on the Brink of Financial Turmoil
Tajikistan’s existential project to build the colossal 335-meter-high Roghun hydropower dam is proceeding apace, but costs are spiraling, and to a level that is making it hard to see where…
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Tajikistan Hands Prime Tract Of Land To President’s Relative Opponents Claim
The Tajik government has recently transferred thousands of hectares of prime land to a private company that government opponents claim is controlled by a close relative of the authoritarian president,…
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Will the Third Time Be the Charm for Tajikistan’s Thwarted Power Transition?
Infighting over the succession and growing frustration in the regions could shatter the stability that the Tajik president has been building for so many years. Next year will mark thirty…
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Isaac McKean Scarborough on Moscow’s Heavy Shadow in Tajikistan
by Long Nisayby Long NisayThe Soviet Union’s collapse 32 years ago led to rapid change, economic collapse, and violence. In Tajikistan, that violence slid rapidly into civil war. Reflecting on the Soviet Union’s collapse…
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Germany/Tajikistan: Jailed after Deportation
by Long Nisayby Long NisayA year ago Germany deported to Tajikistan an activist from that country’s exiled opposition movement who had been living in Dortmund since 2009. What happened next is a shocking example of what…
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Is Tajikistan’s succession saga any closer to the end?
Rustam Emomali is increasingly the face of his country on the international stage On January 29, China signed off on an agreement to hand Tajikistan the gift of $2 million to fund…
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In Tajikistan, independent media throttled by state repression
Giant portraits of President Emomali Rahmon adorn even the most nondescript buildings in Tajikistan’s capital of Dushanbe. Throughout the country, his sayings are featured on posters and billboards. Their ubiquitous…