Tajikistan Closes Down Five NGOs In Gorno-Badakhshan
Five nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan region have been closed down over the past six months due to what authorities claim are links...
Tajikistan’s Pamiris: Persecuted, disappeared, and forgotten by the world
Imagine being a member of a little-known, persecuted minority attempting to flee your homeland, where you are at risk of being locked up or...
Tajikistan: U.N experts deplore criminal proceedings against human rights defenders
GENEVA (4 July 2023) – UN experts* today urged Tajikistan to show genuine commitment to improving the situation of human rights defenders in the...
Tajikistan: Decree bans funerals for alleged “terrorists”, denies relatives bodies
On 28 April, President Emomali Rahmon who has ruled Tajikistan since 1992 signed into law a Decree imposing the Procedure for “burying the bodies...
Civil Society the Biggest Casualty of Crackdowns in Tajikistan And Uzbekistan
ALMATY — Tajikistan and Uzbekistan last year waged deadly crackdowns to crush protests that erupted in the autonomous regions of the Central Asian nations....
Tajikistan tyranny triggers new wave of refugees in Europe
The Pamir Gate triggers a geopolitical crisis. For the Pamiri ethnic minority and the inhabitants of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) in Tajikistan,...
Tajikistan Tyranny Against Martyrs and Humanity
The month of May holds dark memories for the Pamiris in Tajikistan Berlin (2/5) — For the Pamiri ethnic minority and residents of the Gorno...
Tajikistan’s Policy of Suppression Continues in Pamir Region
Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon recently was in New York to speak with the UN Secretary General and King of the Netherlands. Whilst the Tajik...
Tajikistan Under Rahmon’s Rule
Declared itself an independent sovereign nation on 9 September 1991 from the Soviet Union, today Tajikistan is a constitutional republic ruled by President Emomali...
Human Rights on the Line in Tajikistan
Since 1992, president Emomali Rahmon has effectively ruled Tajikistan through a pervasive campaign of fear, political repression, intimidation and violence. Human rights activists, journalists,...