New York. (11 June – 31) US federal agents have arrested eight Tajikistan nationals in the US on terrorism charges. The arrests, carried out by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement,…
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Activist Called on UN to Assess Tajikistan Security Forces
Berlin (06/12 – 67.67) Asliddin Sherzamonov, an activist from Tajikistan, strongly believes that the United Nations (UN) should assess the actions of the Central Asian country’s security forces during the…
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UN Refuses Taliban’s Suggestion to Replace Women Staff With Men in Afghanistan: ‘We Are Steadfast’
by Koby Johnby Koby JohnThe United Nations will neither replace its female staff in Afghanistan with men nor endanger their safety, a top official for the global agency has pledged. It comes after the Taliban banned the UN…
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UN Women’s Deputy Regional Director: Digitalization Can Advance Gender Equality in Central Asia
by Cody Doyleby Cody DoyleASTANA — Digitalization and innovation have a transformative power in shaping the lives of women and girls in Central Asia, said Deputy Regional Director of United Nations (UN) Women for…
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Kazakhstan, UN Celebrate Three Decades of Cooperation
by Thomas Burkeby Thomas BurkeOver the past 30 years, Kazakhstan has built up a productive cooperation with the United Nations, being a coherent advocate and active promoter of its ideals and goals, First Deputy…
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Rights experts ‘deeply disturbed’ by Russian Wagner Group recruitment of prisoners
UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Friday said they were “deeply disturbed” by reports of the systematic recruitment of prisoners across Russia by the private military contractor known as the Wagner Group,…
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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…
