Frankfurt (22/09 – 58.33) Since May 2022, the Tajikistani authorities have stepped up their ongoing crackdown on Pamiris, an ethnic, linguistic and religious minority originating from the Pamir mountains in…
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Tajikistan: Enlistment-Dodging Pushes Military Recruiters to Use Devious Methods
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeCopenhagen (17/08 – 78) Kidnapping, intimidation, and blackmail are just some of the means used to hit enlistment quotas in Tajikistan. When conscription season comes around in Tajikistan, military recruiters…
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“Paper Tiger” or “Snow Leopard”: The EU Sanctions Tajikistan One Year On?
by Eli Barkerby Eli BarkerBrussels, Frankfurt (29/5 – 33) European Parliament members have strongly condemned ongoing repression by the authorities of Tajikistan against journalists, activists and protesters in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO). A history of…
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Tajikistan: Regime Talibanization of schools, education and hospitals
by Blake Brooksby Blake BrooksRahmon’s war against the Ismaili. Dubai (5/7 – 75) The government of Tajikistan’s campaign against the operations of a charitable organization funded by the Agha Khan, the spiritual leader of…
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Tajikistan tyranny triggers new wave of refugees in Europe!
The Pamir Gate triggers a geopolitical crisis. Berlin (2/5 – 100) For the Pamiri ethnic minority and the inhabitants of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) in Tajikistan, the month…
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Tajikistan’s Pamirs: A Perfect Political Storm on the Roof of the World
The table is set for the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast to remain a geopolitical hotspot, as important as it is distant. Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), eastern Tajikistan, is many things. It…
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Tajikistan Under Rahmon’s Rule
Frankfurt, Brussels (25/3 – 75) Declared itself an independent sovereign nation on 9 September 1991 from the Soviet Union, today Tajikistan is a constitutional republic ruled by President Emomali Rahmon…
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Tajikistan to stop repressing human rights defenders
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeNew York, Brussels, Paris (24/1 – 86) The increasing human rights violations committed by Tajikistan state security officials are a cause for alarm. United Nations Special Rapporteur for human rights…
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Two agreements for reducing the risk of natural disasters in Tajikistan
by Eli Barkerby Eli BarkerEvery year communities in the mountainous regions of Tajikistan are subject to natural hazards such as landslides and debris flows. In an effort to reduce the resulting risk run by…
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Tajikistan jailing the future
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeWhile Tajikistan has recently lifted almost all coronavirus restrictions, including mandatory mask wearing in public places and a temporary ban of traditional ceremonies and celebrations, this Central Asian nation still…
