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🇹🇯 Tajikistan · Country of Origin Information

Certified translations of primary Tajik-language sources.

Tajik-language material from Tajikistan is poorly represented in UK-available COI. Most UK-facing databases list English-language reports (Freedom House, HRW, Home Office CPINs) but not primary Tajik-language sources. Court rulings, regional newspaper coverage, and Radio Ozodi pieces that exist only in Tajik rarely reach a UK solicitor or Tribunal bundle.

Languages & scripts

  • Tajik — Cyrillic (modern) · Perso-Arabic (older documents)
  • Russian — Cyrillic

Topics we translate for Tajikistan

  • Political persecution. Group-24 and IRPT members, opposition activists
  • Religious persecution. Unregistered religious groups, Salafi prosecutions, hijab and dress codes
  • Journalism freedom. Imprisoned journalists, website blocks, foreign-media labeling
  • Detention conditions. Notes from Radio Ozodi and HRW on pre-trial and prison conditions
  • Forced conscription. Military round-ups ("oblava"), conscientious objector cases
  • Ethnic minorities. Pamiri/GBAO tensions since 2022, Uzbek minority cases

Translated items in the library

1 Jan 2024 Диалог

Диалог: Азизходжаев 2.5 года тюрьмы

civil-society
○ On request
20 May 2016 HRW

HRW: Азизходжаев освободить критикующего власть

political-persecutiondetention-torture
○ On request
20 May 2016 Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (Russian): "Release Azizkhodzhaev — government critic" — 20 May 2016

political-persecutiondetention-torturecivil-society
○ On request
5 May 2017 Sputnik

Sputnik: Гражданская война 1992-1997 Таджикистан

political-persecution
○ On request
3 Nov 2017 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: А геев попрошу остаться зачем ставят на учёт

lgbtq
○ On request
23 Oct 2019 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: named case — young woman in Shohmansur district fined 175 somoni for 'black hijab', called a 'terrorist' by police

religious-persecutiongender-based-violencedetention-torture
○ On request
4 Feb 2020 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Arrest of journalist Daler Sharifov

religious-persecutionjournalism-freedompolitical-persecution
○ On request
4 Feb 2020 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: journalist Daler Sharifov arrested on alleged "Muslim Brotherhood" charges — 4 February 2020

religious-persecutionjournalism-freedompolitical-persecution
○ On request
1 Jan 2020 EU/UN Spotlight Initiative (Statistical Agency of Tajikistan)

'Spotlight' Initiative (EU/UN) 2020: Brief overview of the gender-based-violence cooperation mechanism at local level in Rudaki district, Tajikistan

gender-based-violencecivil-society
○ On request
1 Feb 2021 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Умер Шахбол Мирзоев солдат покалечен 7 лет назад

conscriptiondetention-torture
○ On request
3 Mar 2021 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Чтобы узнать от чего умер сын в армии нужно иметь дядю

conscriptiondetention-torture
○ On request
26 Nov 2021 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: В Пенджикенте военкомат пришли в учебное заведение

conscription
○ On request
25 May 2024 ECOM

ECOM: Отчёт по нарушению прав ЛГБТ в Таджикистане

lgbtq
○ On request
27 Mar 2023 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus (27 March 2023): Uzbekistan criminalises domestic violence — what about Tajikistan?

gender-based-violencecivil-society
○ On request
13 Apr 2023 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Новые незаконные методы призыва в армию TJ

conscription
○ On request
12 Aug 2023 TajikPress

TajikPress: Arrest of Abdukhalil Kholikzoda, director of Ibn Sina hospital

political-persecutionjournalism-freedom
○ On request
7 Sept 2023 Mediazona

Mediazona: История Группы 24 не работают законы

political-persecutionjournalism-freedom
○ On request
21 Sept 2023 Amnesty

Amnesty: Arbitrary arrests of Pamiris

religious-persecutionethnic-persecutiondetention-torture
○ On request
5 Dec 2023 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Story seven — discrimination against women wearing the hijab

religious-persecutiongender-based-violence
○ On request
21 Sept 2023 Amnesty International (Eurasia, Russian)

Amnesty International (Russian): "Tajikistan arbitrarily arrests, tortures and unjustly convicts prominent Pamiri minority representatives" — 21 September 2023

ethnic-persecutionreligious-persecutiondetention-torture
○ On request
5 Dec 2023 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: "The seventh story — how women in hijabs are discriminated against in Tajikistan" — 5 December 2023

religious-persecutiongender-based-violencecivil-society
○ On request
7 Sept 2023 Mediazona

Mediazona: history of Group 24 in Tajikistan — "laws don't work" — 7 September 2023

political-persecutioncivil-society
○ On request
12 Aug 2023 TajikPress

TajikPress (Tajik): arrest of Abduhalil Holikzoda — 12 August 2023

religious-persecutionjournalism-freedompolitical-persecution
○ On request
19 Feb 2024 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Самоубийства в TJ за 2023 год анализ

gender-based-violence
○ On request
7 Mar 2024 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Supreme Court sentences Abduhalil Holikzoda to 9 years

religious-persecutionpolitical-persecutionjournalism-freedom
○ On request
8 May 2024 Sugdnews

Sugdnews: Коррупция в Таджикистане обзор

civil-society
○ On request
7 Jun 2024 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Tajikistan's mufti backs ban on 'alien clothing'

religious-persecutiongender-based-violence
○ On request
25 Jun 2024 Ведомости

Vedomosti: Tajikistan bans wearing of 'alien clothing'

religious-persecutiongender-based-violence
○ On request
20 Jun 2024 Коммерсант

Kommersant: Tajikistan's president signs law banning the hijab

religious-persecutiongender-based-violence
○ On request
13 Jul 2024 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus (13 July 2024): Tajikistan plans to criminalise domestic violence ('Saltanat Law' echo)

gender-based-violencecivil-society
○ On request
15 Aug 2024 Sputnik

Sputnik Tajikistan: "Political clothing" — why they don't understand Tajikistan

religious-persecutiongender-based-violence
○ On request
20 Sept 2024 EAdaily

EAdaily: Россия и Таджикистан усилят борьбу с коррупцией

civil-society
○ On request
30 Sept 2024 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Призыв в TJ завтра отвечаем на важные вопросы

conscription
○ On request
26 Dec 2024 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Seven most high-profile crimes in Tajikistan in 2024

religious-persecutionpolitical-persecutionjournalism-freedom
○ On request
1 Sept 2024 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: 26-year sentence for attack on Mufti

religious-persecutiondetention-torturepolitical-persecution
○ On request
7 Mar 2024 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Abduhalil Holikzoda sentenced to 9 years for inciting religious and social discord — 7 March 2024

religious-persecutionpolitical-persecutiondetention-torture
○ On request
7 Jun 2024 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Mufti of Tajikistan endorses ban on "alien clothing", calls for national dress consistent with Islamic norms — 7 June 2024

religious-persecutioncivil-society
○ On request
26 Dec 2024 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: "Seven loudest crimes of 2024 in Tajikistan" — context piece — 26 December 2024

political-persecutiondetention-torturecivil-society
○ On request
3 Oct 2024 Current Time (Настоящее Время)

Current Time: Group 24 — Zafar 30 years, Sharifov 20 years — 2024 sentences

political-persecutiondetention-torture
○ On request
20 Sept 2024 EADaily

EADaily: Russia and Tajikistan to strengthen anti-corruption cooperation

civil-societypolitical-persecution
○ On request
1 Feb 2024 IPHR

IPHR: Права для всех ЛГБТИК в Таджикистане

lgbtqdetention-torture
○ On request
20 Jun 2024 Kommersant

Kommersant: President Rahmon signs law banning "alien clothing" — June 2024

religious-persecutiongender-based-violencecivil-society
○ On request
18 Oct 2024 Настоящее Время

Настоящее Время: Группа 24 приговоры Зафар 30 лет Шарифов 20 лет

political-persecution
○ On request
3 May 2024 Current Time (Настоящее Время)

Current Time: Tajik parliament votes to ban "clothing contrary to national culture" — 2024

religious-persecutioncivil-society
○ On request
15 Aug 2024 Sputnik Tajikistan (MIA Rossiya Segodnya)

Tajik Foreign Ministry briefs diplomats on 'alien clothing' law: framing the 2024 dress restrictions as counter-extremism

religious-persecutioncivil-society
○ On request
8 May 2024 Sugdnews

Sugdnews: corruption in Tajikistan — local Sughd perspective — 8 May 2024

civil-societypolitical-persecution
○ On request
20 Jul 2024 VC.ru

VC.ru: Налоговая система Таджикистана 2024

civil-society
○ On request
1 Jun 2024 VC.ru

VC.ru: tax system of Tajikistan 2024 — detailed analysis

civil-society
○ On request
25 Jun 2024 Vedomosti

Vedomosti: Tajikistan bans wearing of "alien clothing" — legal analysis — 25 June 2024

religious-persecutioncivil-society
○ On request
4 Feb 2025 HRW

HRW: Хакимова журналистке грозит тюрьма

political-persecutionjournalism-freedom
○ On request
5 Feb 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Supreme Court issues verdicts in 'coup plot' case

political-persecutionjournalism-freedom
○ On request
5 Feb 2025 Moscow Times

Moscow Times: Суд ТЖ вынес приговоры госперевороте

political-persecution
○ On request
5 Feb 2025 Ведомости

Ведомости: ВС ТЖ приговоры по делу госпереворота

political-persecutionjournalism-freedom
○ On request
6 Feb 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Суровый приговор Хакимовой суд не учёл младенца

political-persecutionjournalism-freedom
○ On request
12 Feb 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: TJ в индексе коррупции 2024

civil-society
○ On request
14 Feb 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: ВС РТ официально разъяснил детали госпереворота

political-persecutionjournalism-freedom
○ On request
12 Apr 2025 РБК

RBC: Tajikistan backs ban on prosecution for social-media 'likes'

religious-persecutionpolitical-persecutionjournalism-freedom
○ On request
24 Apr 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Хочу жить 930 граждан TJ в армию РФ для войны Украина

conscription
○ On request
30 Apr 2025 Amnesty International

Amnesty International: Tajikistan Annual Report 2024 (Tajik edition)

political-persecutionethnic-persecutionjournalism-freedom
○ On request
7 Jun 2025 Avesta

Avesta: МВД опровержение статьи Radio Ozodi

journalism-freedom
○ On request
5 Aug 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Омбудсмен осуждённые по госперевороту нам не жаловались

political-persecutionjournalism-freedom
○ On request
1 Aug 2025 Khovar (АМИТ Ховар)

Khovar: 13.7 млрд сомонӣ қарз дар шаш моҳи 2025

civil-society
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25 Dec 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Самые громкие преступления 2025

political-persecutionjournalism-freedomgender-based-violence
○ On request
30 Apr 2025 Amnesty International

Amnesty International (Tajik): annual report on Tajikistan 2024 — 30 April 2025

religious-persecutionpolitical-persecutiondetention-torture
○ On request
1 Jan 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Supreme Court — sentences for 'likes' and reposts may be reviewed

religious-persecutionpolitical-persecutionjournalism-freedom
○ On request
5 Feb 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Supreme Court issues verdict in "coup attempt" case — 5 February 2025

political-persecutiondetention-torture
○ On request
12 Feb 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Tajikistan in 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index — 19 points, 164th place — 12 February 2025

civil-societypolitical-persecution
○ On request
1 May 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Supreme Court considers review of 1,500 convictions for "likes"

political-persecutionreligious-persecutiondetention-torture
○ On request
7 Jun 2025 Avesta

Avesta: MVD of Tajikistan issues "refutation" of Radio Ozodi article — 7 June 2025

civil-societyjournalism-freedompolitical-persecution
○ On request
12 Apr 2025 RBC (РБК)

RBC: Tajikistan's lower house unanimously approves amendments decriminalising 'likes' and emoji under extremism and terrorism articles — 1,507 persons currently serving sentences

political-persecutionreligious-persecutiondetention-torture
○ On request
11 Feb 2025 Tax Committee of the Republic of Tajikistan (andoz.tj)

Tax Code of the Republic of Tajikistan (2025, andoz.tj)

civil-society
○ On request
24 Jan 2026 Khovar

Khovar: 26.5 млрд сомонӣ андозҳо 2025 буҷет

civil-society
○ On request
23 Feb 2026 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Додгоҳҳои Тоҷикистон 216.3 млн сомонӣ дар як сол

civil-society
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13 Feb 2026 Khovar

Khovar: Ба буҷет 2 млрд сомонӣ аз бақияи қарзи андоз ворид

civil-society
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11 Feb 2026 Khovar

Khovar: Бонкҳои ТҶ 2025 30 млрд сомонӣ қарз

civil-society
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2 Mar 2026 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: 62% даромади буҷет андозҳо 2025

civil-society
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4 Mar 2026 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Роҳбари Левакант 10 ҳазор ришва 15 ҳазор ҷарима

civil-society
○ On request
16 Mar 2026 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Долговая ловушка в Таджикистане как не пожалеть о кредите

civil-society
○ On request
30 Mar 2026 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Sughd entrepreneur fined 117,000 somoni for birthday celebration

religious-persecutioncivil-society
○ On request
1 Apr 2026 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: ВМКБ ва Хатлон 100% нақшаи даъват ба артиш

conscription
○ On request
15 Apr 2026 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Муроҷиати писари Зайд Саидов

political-persecution
○ On request
16 Apr 2026 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: 2 кормандони тиб Норак ба тасарруфи 530 ҳазор ҷарима 100 ҳазор

civil-society
○ On request
17 Apr 2026 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Authorities explain shootout at Khujand SIZO to UN Committee Against Torture

detention-torturereligious-persecution
○ On request
1 Apr 2026 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Последнее сообщение я останусь живым уроженец TJ Украина

conscription
○ On request
16 Apr 2026 Азаттык Азия

Азаттык Азия: В TJ расследуют смерть срочника Азимзода

conscriptiondetention-torture
○ On request
1 Feb 2026 Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch: World Report 2026 — Tajikistan chapter (Russian) — contains Ergashev 8-year sentence

detention-torturepolitical-persecutionreligious-persecution
○ On request
1 Jan 2026 HRW Всемирный доклад

HRW World Report 2026: Tajikistan

religious-persecutionpolitical-persecutionethnic-persecution
○ On request
1 Jan 2024 ACCA Media

ACCA Media: Коррупция в Таджикистане

civil-societyjournalism-freedom
○ On request
1 Jan 2024 ADC Memorial

ADC Memorial: Persecution of activists in the Pamirs

religious-persecutionethnic-persecutionpolitical-persecution
○ On request
1 Jan 2024 ADC Memorial

ADC Memorial (Russian): detailed list of persecuted Pamiri activists — persecutions, pressure, abductions, sentences

ethnic-persecutiondetention-torturepolitical-persecution
○ On request
1 Jan 2023 Akhbor

Ахбор: Как живут сегодня памирцы (original unavailable)

ethnic-persecution
○ On request
1 Jun 2023 Akhbor

Akhbor: "How Pamiris live today" — Pamiri diaspora perspective

ethnic-persecution
○ On request
1 Jan 2024 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: 14 ришваситонӣ дар донишгоҳҳо соли 2025

civil-society
○ On request
10 Jan 2026 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Dushanbe police fined and jailed more than 160 fortune-tellers and magic practitioners last year

religious-persecution
○ On request
1 Jan 2024 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus weekly roundup: 26 years for attack on mufti

religious-persecutionpolitical-persecutiondetention-torture
○ On request
20 Feb 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Все осуждённые обжаловали приговор госпереворот

political-persecutionjournalism-freedom
○ On request
20 Oct 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Более 5000 таджикистанцев невыездные из-за долгов

civil-society
○ On request
1 Apr 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: ВС начал кассацию госпереворот

political-persecutionjournalism-freedom
○ On request
17 Apr 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Конфискация имущества фигурантов дела о госперевороте

political-persecutionjournalism-freedom
○ On request
1 Jan 2024 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Дуздии пули хуроку либоси сарбозон 9 зиндонӣ 60 ҷарима

civil-societyconscription
○ On request
16 May 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Convicts in 'coup case' Usmonzoda, Iskandarov and Hakimov transferred to Vahdat colony

political-persecutiondetention-torture
○ On request
11 Mar 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Итоги 2024 года деятельность Азия-Плюс

journalism-freedom
○ On request
9 Dec 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Нав ҷаримаҳо зодрӯз хатнасур либос сармиллӣ 2025

religious-persecution
○ On request
28 Feb 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: RSF призывает освободить Хакимову

journalism-freedompolitical-persecution
○ On request
9 Oct 2014 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Supreme Court of Tajikistan declares Group 24 an extremist organisation

political-persecutioncivil-society
○ On request
19 Feb 2026 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Саркашии 27 ҷавон аз хидмати ҳарбӣ ҳабс

conscription
○ On request
9 Oct 2014 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: Верховный суд объявил Группу 24 экстремистской

political-persecution
○ On request
30 Jan 2025 Азаттык

Azattyk: HRW calls on Tajikistan to drop charges against journalist Rukhshona Hakimova, who faces 17 years

political-persecutionjournalism-freedom
○ On request
1 Jun 2016 Azattyq Asia

Azattyq Asia (Russian): start of Azizkhodzhaev trial

political-persecutiondetention-torturecivil-society
○ On request
1 Sept 2023 Azattyq Asia

Azattyq Asia (Russian): civil society in GBAO and Karakalpakstan — comparative analysis

ethnic-persecutioncivil-societypolitical-persecution
○ On request
15 Mar 2024 Azattyq Asia

Azattyq Asia (Russian): analysis of the Abduhalil Holikzoda case

religious-persecutionjournalism-freedompolitical-persecution
○ On request
30 May 2023 Азаттык Азия (RFE/RL)

Азаттык Азия: Civil society — main victim of repression in autonomous regions of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

ethnic-persecutionpolitical-persecutioncivil-society
○ On request
4 Sept 2023 Азаттык Азия / Радио Озоди (RFE/RL)

Азаттык Азия: "The Kholikzoda case — serious crime or behind-the-scenes struggle in the corridors of power?"

political-persecutionjournalism-freedomcivil-society
○ On request
14 Aug 2025 Азаттык Азия (RFE/RL)

Азаттык Азия: After mysterious deaths of Pamiris in Tajik prisons, calls for sanctions against Dushanbe

ethnic-persecutiondetention-torturepolitical-persecution
○ On request
7 Mar 2024 Бомдод

Bomdod: Russia's Interior Ministry places nearly 7,000 Tajik citizens on federal wanted list

political-persecutionjournalism-freedom
○ On request
15 Jul 2024 Bomdod

Bomdod: 7,000 Tajik nationals on the Russian Federation federal wanted list

political-persecutiondetention-torture
○ On request
1 Jan 2024 CAA Network

CAA Network: Kabiri — 'I do not regret the path of tolerance'

political-persecution
○ On request
1 Jun 2022 CAA Network

CAA Network: Kabiri — "I do not regret the path of tolerance"

political-persecutionreligious-persecutioncivil-society
○ On request
1 Jan 2019 CABAR.asia

CABAR.asia: Коррупция в городском Центре здоровья №1 Душанбе

civil-society
○ On request
1 Jul 2023 CABAR.asia

CABAR.asia: Расследование коррупция в паспортной службе TJ

civil-society
○ On request
1 Jan 2024 CABAR Longreads

CABAR Longreads: Армия Таджикистана дедовщина

conscriptiondetention-torture
○ On request
27 Jun 2017 CABAR Longreads

CABAR Longreads: 'I could not even cry' — Children of the 90s and the civil war in Tajikistan

political-persecutionethnic-persecution
○ On request
15 May 2022 CABAR Asia

CABAR Longreads (Russian): the 90s generation and the Tajik Civil War

political-persecutionethnic-persecutioncivil-society
○ On request
1 Jan 2006 Tajik NGOs coalition (published via University of Minnesota Human Rights Library)

CEDAW NGO Alternative Report on Tajikistan (Dushanbe, 2006)

gender-based-violencecivil-society
○ On request
27 Jun 2017 Centre1

Centre1: Twenty years ago the civil war in Tajikistan ended

political-persecutionreligious-persecution
○ On request
1 May 2023 Centre1

Centre1: father of IRPT leader Kabiri buried in Tajikistan

political-persecutionreligious-persecution
○ On request
24 Oct 2016 Centre1

Centre1: Father of IRPT leader buried in Tajikistan

political-persecutionreligious-persecution
○ On request
22 Sept 2024 Current Time (Настоящее Время)

Current Time: extrajudicial killings and torture of Pamiris — Amnesty summary

ethnic-persecutiondetention-torturepolitical-persecution
○ On request
24 May 2024 Настоящее Время / Current Time

Настоящее Время: Hijab banned? Tajikistan's parliament prohibits wearing of "clothing contrary to national culture"

religious-persecutiongender-based-violence
○ On request
4 Aug 2016 Dialog.tj

Dialog.tj: entrepreneur Azizkhodzhaev sentenced to 2.5 years

political-persecutiondetention-torturecivil-society
○ On request
1 Jan 1998 HRW

HRW: Leninabad crackdown in the north

political-persecutionethnic-persecutiondetention-torture
○ On request
25 Aug 2005 CPJ

CPJ: Bokizoda Nerui Sukhan theft charges

journalism-freedomcivil-society
○ On request
7 Feb 2014 HRW

HRW: Saidov long sentence blow to free expression

political-persecutionjournalism-freedomdetention-torture
○ On request
10 Jun 2014 Global Voices

Global Voices: Some young soldiers TJ army hazed to death

conscriptiondetention-torture
○ On request
9 Oct 2014 RFERL

RFERL: Tajik opposition Group 24 banned as extremist

political-persecutioncivil-society
○ On request
14 Jan 2015 HRW

HRW: Kudratov imprisoned

civil-societypolitical-persecutiondetention-torture
○ On request
14 Sept 2015 HRW

HRW: Reverse political party closure (IRPT)

political-persecutionreligious-persecutioncivil-society
○ On request
7 Oct 2015 HRW

HRW: Yorov detained

civil-societypolitical-persecutiondetention-torture
○ On request
5 Nov 2015 Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera: Trouble in Tajikistan (IRPT)

political-persecutionreligious-persecution
○ On request
17 Feb 2016 HRW

HRW: Severe crackdown on political opposition TJ

political-persecutiondetention-torturereligious-persecution
○ On request
4 May 2016 HRW

HRW: Free human rights lawyers TJ

civil-societypolitical-persecutiondetention-torture
○ On request
20 May 2016 HRW

HRW: Release government critic

political-persecutiondetention-torturecivil-society
○ On request
4 Aug 2016 HRW

HRW: Tajikistan Government critic facing prison

political-persecutiondetention-torturecivil-society
○ On request
17 May 2017 HRW

HRW: TJ travel ban on rights lawyer

civil-societypolitical-persecutiondetention-torture
○ On request
1 Nov 2017 Diplomat

Diplomat: Presidential family ousts fuel market competitor

civil-society
○ On request
13 Dec 2017 CPJ

CPJ: Mirsaidov arrested after alleging corruption

journalism-freedompolitical-persecutioncivil-society
○ On request
1 Jan 2017 Eurasianet

Eurasianet: TJ LGBT registry sparks outrage

lgbtq
○ On request
23 Oct 2017 NBC

NBC: TJ registers 367 suspected gays and lesbians in database

lgbtq
○ On request
25 Oct 2017 Out.com

Out.com: TJ database suspected gay citizens forced HIV tests

lgbtq
○ On request
17 Oct 2017 RFERL

RFERL: TJ creates registry of proven LGBT people

lgbtq
○ On request
1 Apr 2018 OHCHR

OHCHR: CAT considers TJ report

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1 Jun 2018 Diplomat

Diplomat: Whats in the way of TJ development

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13 Jul 2018 HRW

HRW: Mirsaidov conviction mockery of rights

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11 Jul 2018 CPJ

CPJ: Mirsaidov 12yr after alleging official corruption

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1 Jul 2018 Diplomat

Diplomat: 12-year sentence to whistleblower journalist

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22 Aug 2018 Amnesty

Amnesty: Mirsaidov release victory

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16 Jul 2018 FIDH

FIDH: Mirsaidov 12yr high-security penal colony

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24 Feb 2019 HRW

HRW: Activist forcibly returned from Russia

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18 Mar 2019 HRW

HRW: Refugee escapes TJ after YouTube plea (Gadoev)

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17 Jan 2019 HRW World Report

HRW World Report 2019: Tajikistan (LGBT registry mentioned)

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23 Jan 2020 Forum18

Forum18: Mulloyev 12yr secret trial Tabligh

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1 Jun 2020 Diplomat

Diplomat: TJ Most Fearless Lawyer Yorov

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4 Dec 2020 HRW

HRW: Dissident's family interrogated, threatened

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22 Jul 2021 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: TJ Central Bank unaware of shadow economy scale

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22 Aug 2022 Blue Domes

Blue Domes: Conscripts in Central Asia dangerous obligation

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6 Oct 2023 HRW

HRW: Exiled activists' relatives detained over protest

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1 Jan 2023 USDOS TJ HR Report (baseline)

USDOS TJ HR Report (baseline): USDOS TJ HR Report (baseline)

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30 Jan 2024 HRW

HRW: Shamsiddin jailed after deportation from Germany

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16 Feb 2024 Forum18

Forum18: Russia Wanted List (TJ names)

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23 Feb 2024 Forum18

Forum18: HR defenders threatened (Ismaili GBAO)

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1 Mar 2024 The Diplomat

The Diplomat: 2 Tajik opposition activists missing in Turkey (Group 24)

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1 Mar 2024 Diplomat

Diplomat: Beaten threatened outed ordeals of LGBTQ people TJ

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1 Apr 2024 Diplomat

Diplomat: Before and after Crocus Tajik migrants

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15 May 2024 HRW

HRW: No justice for GBAO crackdown (2yr)

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29 Jul 2024 Meduza

Meduza: Alien clothing hijab ban context

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31 Jul 2024 Asia Plus

Asia Plus: Property of detained politicians seized

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8 Aug 2024 RFERL

RFERL: 27 Yazgulom arrested on Ansarullah charges GBAO

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20 Aug 2024 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Carnegie Politika: Alleged coup plot in Tajikistan linked to pre-transition jitters

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11 Sept 2024 Amnesty International

Amnesty: TJ Pamiri minority systemic discrimination overlooked crisis

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1 Oct 2024 LoC Legal Monitor

LoC Legal Monitor: Hijab ban law

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31 Oct 2024 HRW

HRW: Tajik activist in Germany at risk of deportation

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1 Oct 2024 The Diplomat

The Diplomat: 30-year sentence for Group 24 leader Sharifov (after forced disappearance)

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4 Nov 2024 Asia Plus

Asia Plus: New individuals in coup attempt case

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14 Nov 2024 RFERL

RFERL: 8 TJ politicians on trial for plotting to seize power

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20 Nov 2024 HRW

HRW: Ergashev deported from Germany jailed

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29 Nov 2024 RFERL

RFERL: TJ secret trial plot to seize power or fearful government

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1 Nov 2024 FPRI

FPRI: Countering Great Jihad in CA

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8 Nov 2024 IMF

IMF: TJ Fiscal Risk Management and SOE transparency

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1 Nov 2024 OECD

OECD: Baseline Report 5th Round Anti-Corruption TJ

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1 Dec 2024 Diplomat

Diplomat: Alleged coup plot and secretive trial TJ

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1 Jan 2024 bne IntelliNews

bne IntelliNews: Not a single acquittal in 2 years TJ courts

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1 Jan 2024 Daru Churchill

Daru Churchill: Prevention of debt bondage with microfinance

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1 Jan 2024 Freedom House

Freedom House: Nations in Transit TJ

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1 Jan 2024 Freedom House

Freedom House: Tajikistan Freedom in the World 2024

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1 Jan 2024 HRW World Report

HRW World Report: TJ chapter

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1 Jan 2024 IFEX

IFEX: Dissent targeted home and exile

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1 Feb 2024 ILGA-Europe

ILGA-Europe: Tajikistan annual review (2023)

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9 Apr 2019 ILO

ILO: Diagnostics of Informality in Tajikistan

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19 Aug 2024 IPHR

IPHR: Campaign against foreign clothing

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1 Feb 2024 IPHR

IPHR: Rights for All LGBTIQ TJ systematically denied human rights

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5 Jun 2024 Jamestown

Jamestown: Terrorism TJ & CA post-Crocus

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1 May 2024 USCIRF Annual Report

USCIRF Annual Report: TJ chapter

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1 Jan 2024 USCIRF FoRB DB

USCIRF FoRB DB: Rustamjon Norov

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1 Jan 2024 USDOS Fiscal Transparency Report

USDOS Fiscal Transparency Report: Tajikistan

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26 Jun 2024 USDOS IRF Report

USDOS IRF Report (covers 2023)

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1 Jan 2024 USDOS Tajikistan HR Report (judiciary + corruption sections)

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1 Jan 2024 USDOS TIP Report

USDOS TIP Report: Tajikistan

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28 Jan 2025 HRW

HRW: Journalist faces prison undisclosed charges

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1 Jan 2025 Diplomat

Diplomat: Coup trial prosecutors seek lengthy sentences

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1 Feb 2025 Diplomat

Diplomat: After secret trial lengthy sentences for former officials

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11 Mar 2025 Asia Plus

Asia Plus: TJ leads in remittance share of economy

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19 Mar 2025 Forum18

Forum18: Ismaili Aga Khan commemoration obstructed

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28 Mar 2025 CRS

CRS: TJ Overview

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18 Apr 2025 Asia Plus

Asia Plus: Beginning of seizure of assets of prominent figures

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1 Apr 2025 Diplomat

Diplomat: TJ criminalizes electricity fraud enforcement

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30 Jun 2025 Forum18

Forum18: Ismaili Davlatmirov prison death

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3 Sept 2025 HRW

HRW: 5 Pamiri political prisoners died

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29 Sept 2025 Civil Rights Defenders

Civil Rights Defenders: Yorov decade wrongfully held

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1 Sept 2025 HRW

HRW: Debt Traps predatory microfinance

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29 Sept 2025 ICJ

ICJ: Yorov wrongfully held for a decade

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29 Sept 2025 JURIST

JURIST: HRW urges TJ release Yorov

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20 Oct 2025 Asia Plus

Asia Plus: Over 5000 TJ citizens banned from leaving due to debt

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11 Nov 2025 HRW

HRW: Germany-based Tajik dies in custody

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12 Nov 2025 Forum18

Forum18: Russia Wanted List

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22 Nov 2025 NewsGram

NewsGram: Religion Identity Governance TJ hijab beards miniskirts

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1 Nov 2025 RFERL

RFERL: Forced labor Central Asian cotton fields

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1 Jan 2025 Amnesty International

Amnesty International: TJ 2024-25

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1 Jan 2025 Eurasianet

Eurasianet: Forced returnee dies custody

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14 Oct 2025 Freedom For Eurasia

Freedom For Eurasia: Return from Germany torture death

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1 Jan 2025 Freedom House

Freedom House: TJ Freedom in the World 2025

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1 Jan 2025 HRW World Report

HRW World Report: TJ chapter

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1 Feb 2025 ILGA-Europe

ILGA-Europe: TJ bias-motivated violence annual review (2024)

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1 Jan 2025 JW.org

JW.org: Imprisoned JW in Tajikistan

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1 Jan 2025 openDemocracy

openDemocracy: Last Ismaili cleric Davlatmirov Pamir

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1 Jan 2025 Government of Tajikistan

TJ Tax Code (official English translation)

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1 Jan 2025 USCIRF Annual Report

USCIRF Annual Report: TJ chapter

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1 Jan 2025 USCIRF

USCIRF: Calls for US consequences on TJ

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1 Jan 2025 USCIRF

USCIRF: Inhumane treatment of religious prisoner

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1 Jan 2025 USCIRF Spotlight

USCIRF Spotlight: Religious prisoners & state repression TJ

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1 Jan 2025 USDOS Human Rights Report (covers 2024)

USDOS Human Rights Report (covers 2024)

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1 Jan 2025 USDOS TIP Report

USDOS TIP Report: Tajikistan

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1 Jan 2026 Diplomat

Diplomat: TJ external debt grows in complexity

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9 Apr 2026 HRW

HRW: UPR submission Tajikistan

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16 Apr 2026 Asia Plus

Asia Plus: Saidovs son appeal Have mercy on children

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1 Apr 2026 UN Geneva

UN Geneva: CAT 4th periodic review TJ penitentiary reform

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1 Jan 2026 BTI

BTI: Tajikistan Country Report

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1 Jan 2026 HRW World Report

HRW World Report: TJ chapter

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1 Mar 2026 USCIRF

USCIRF 2026 Annual Report — Tajikistan (CPC)

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1 Jan 2024 ADB

ADB: Financial Inclusion Regulation Tajikistan Literacy

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1 Jan 2024 ADB

ADB: Leveraging SME Finance Value Chains Tajikistan

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1 Jan 2024 ADB

ADB: Microfinance Institutions Tajikistan

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26 Jan 2023 ADC Memorial

ADC Memorial: Five stories about Pamir and Pamiris

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5 Oct 2022 ADC Memorial

ADC Memorial: Repressions against Pamiris

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1 Jan 2024 AKDN

AKDN: Microfinance in Tajikistan

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28 Feb 2019 Amnesty International

Amnesty 2019: Gadoev opposition activist at risk Moscow kidnap

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5 Mar 2019 Amnesty International

Amnesty 2019: Gadoev released further information

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1 Jan 2024 Asia Plus

Asia Plus: 13700 alimony defaulters exit banned TJ

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2 May 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: 6 individuals punished for electricity theft

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1 Jan 2024 Asia Plus

Asia Plus: Authorities name largest tax debtors budget revenues arrears

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2 Sept 2025 Asia-Plus

Asia-Plus: TJ military conscription FAQ

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1 Jan 2024 Asia Plus

Asia Plus: TJ tax authorities identify major debtors

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1 Jan 2024 Britannica

Britannica: Tajikistan Ethnic Groups Languages Religion

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1 Oct 2020 CABAR

CABAR: How to avoid military recruitment raids in TJ

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1 Jan 2024 CABAR

CABAR: JW in Tajikistan position unchanged

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18 Jun 2018 CAT

CAT: Concluding observations 3rd periodic report Tajikistan

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1 Feb 2025 CIVICUS Monitor

Civicus Monitor: TJ crackdown on dissent erosion civic space

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1 Jan 2024 Coface

Coface: TJ Country Risk Economic Analysis

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29 Sept 2015 Columbia Global Freedom of Expression

Columbia Global Freedom of Expression: IRPT case

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1 Jan 2001 Conciliation Resources

Conciliation Resources: Tajik civil war causes and dynamics

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1 Aug 2007 Cornell

Cornell: Labor conditions in Tajikistan cotton industry

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1 Jan 2024 Corruption Risk Forecast

Corruption Risk Forecast: Tajikistan

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1 Jan 2024 Equaldex

Equaldex: LGBT rights in Tajikistan

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1 Jan 2024 Eurasianet

Eurasianet: Activist deported by Germany 7 years prison

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1 Jan 2024 Eurasianet

Eurasianet: Breaking TJ banks north falters ruling family

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1 Jan 2024 Eurasianet

Eurasianet: Business rival of presidents son-in-law neutralized

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1 Jan 2024 Eurasianet

Eurasianet: Faroz company close to presidential family liquidation

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1 Mar 2019 Eurasianet

Eurasianet: Opposition activist state-ordered kidnapping details

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1 Jan 2024 Eurasianet

Eurasianet: Pamiri activists imprisoned en masse

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1 Dec 2013 Eurasianet

Eurasianet: Tajikistan gags ex-minister with long prison term

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1 Feb 2025 Eurasianet

Eurasianet: TJ election mystery why is it happening

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1 Jan 2024 Eurasianet

Eurasianet: TJ using force to maintain standing army

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1 Jan 2019 Exeter Central Asian Studies Network

Exeter Central Asian Studies: Kabiri Muhiddin exile

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5 Mar 2025 FDDCA

FDDCA: Long Arms of Dushanbe decade after Kuvvatov

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1 Jan 2024 Fergana EN

Fergana EN: Most defendants in TJ coup case convicted of treason

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5 Aug 2025 FIDH

FIDH: End systematic repression Pamiri people

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5 Mar 2015 Freedom House

Freedom House: Turkey investigate Kuvvatov murder

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29 Sept 2025 Freedom Now

Freedom Now: Buzurgmehr Yorov case

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1 Jan 2024 Freedom Now

Freedom Now: Zayd Saidov case

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16 Jan 2019 Front Line Defenders

Front Line Defenders: Mirsaidov detained

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11 Dec 2018 Front Line Defenders

Front Line Defenders: Shukhrat Kudratov case history

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5 Nov 2020 GAN Integrity

GAN Integrity: Tajikistan country risk report

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1 Jan 2025 Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton: Indirect Tax Tajikistan guide

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8 Oct 2016 Group 24

Group 24: Biography of Kuvvatov (opposition view)

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21 Jan 2022 HRF

HRF: UN condemned kidnapping of Gadoev

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23 Mar 2022 ICJ

ICJ: TJ justice system must be reformed (UN statement)

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1 Jan 2024 ILGA World Database

ILGA World Database: LGBTI rights in Tajikistan

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1 Jan 2024 IWPR

IWPR: Crackdown continues on Tajik mosques

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1 Jan 2024 IWPR

IWPR: Economic crisis cited in Tajik suicide cases

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1 Jan 2024 IWPR

IWPR: Tajik Opposition Figure 26 years

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1 Jan 2024 IWPR

IWPR: Uzbeks face obstacles in increasingly Tajik state

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9 Nov 2015 Jamestown

Jamestown: Tajikistan bans leading opposition party (IRPT)

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1 Jan 2024 Khujamkulov SSRN

Khujamkulov SSRN: Shadow Economy impact on TJ Tax Revenue

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12 Mar 2024 Media Diversity Institute

Media Diversity Institute: TJ cracks down on ethnic religious minority

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1 Jan 2024 Minority Rights Group

Minority Rights Group: Situation of Minorities in Tajikistan report

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1 Jan 2024 Minority Rights Group

Minority Rights Group: Tajikistan country overview

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27 Jan 2011 Music for the Eyes

Music for the Eyes: The Lakai Tribe of Central Asia

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1 Jan 2023 Novastan

Novastan: Recruitment in Tajik army hell for recruits

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27 Nov 2022 Novastan

Novastan: TJ ethnic cleansing repression in Pamirs

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1 Jan 2018 OCCRP

OCCRP: A Murder in Istanbul (Kuvvatov vs Sohibov)

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1 Jan 2024 OCCRP

OCCRP: Death of Tajikistan's Islamic Renaissance (IRPT)

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20 Sept 2017 OCCRP

OCCRP: Ex-top anti-corruption officials jailed for corruption TJ

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5 Jul 2019 OCCRP

OCCRP: Kidnapping, Torture, and Freedom (Gadoev, 2019 Moscow)

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13 Sept 2019 OCCRP

OCCRP: Last Breath for Tajiks Largest Company (Faroz)

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28 Mar 2019 OCCRP

OCCRP: Lust for Gold

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2 Aug 2019 OCCRP

OCCRP: Sprawling shadow economy in Tajikistan

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5 Jun 2018 OCCRP

OCCRP: When the Country is a Business

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23 Jan 2015 OMCT

OMCT: Sentencing of Mr. Sukhrat Kudratov

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31 May 2022 OMCT

OMCT: Mamadshoeva arbitrary detention

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1 Jan 2024 openDemocracy

openDemocracy: GBAO Mamadboqirov changed TJ forever

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1 Jan 2024 openDemocracy

openDemocracy: Long echo of Tajikistans civil war

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1 Jan 2024 openDemocracy

openDemocracy: Pamiris persecuted home forgotten abroad

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1 Jan 2024 Oslo Freedom Forum

Oslo Freedom Forum: Sharofiddin Gadoev speaker profile

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1 Jan 2024 Outright International

Outright International: Tajikistan country page

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24 Dec 2019 RFE/RL

RFE/RL: Tajik Business Empire Tied To The President Keeps On Running, Despite Being Shut Down

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24 Feb 2019 RFE/RL

RFE/RL: Tajik activist forcibly returned from Russia faces politically motivated prosecution

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7 Mar 2019 RFE/RL

RFE/RL: Opposition activist — 'I was kidnapped by the Tajik government' (Gadoev)

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3 Mar 2018 RFE/RL

RFE/RL: Kabiri removed from Interpol Red Notice (IRPT)

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23 Jun 2017 RFE/RL

RFE/RL: Tajikistan's Civil War — a nightmare the government won't let its people forget

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24 Jul 2024 RFE/RL

RFE/RL: Tajikistan silences Hakimov — one of last voices of dissent (SDPT)

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16 Mar 2012 San'at

San'at: Forgotten Tribe of Lakai

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10 Jun 2025 Spheres of Influence

Spheres: Dressing for the State TJ moral laws

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1 Jan 2024 Tajreform

Tajreform: Biography of Sharofiddin Gadoev

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6 Apr 2026 Human Rights Experts

The Human Rights: TJ forces young men into army refuse face prosecution

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28 Jan 2021 TI Knowledge Hub

TI Knowledge Hub: Overview of Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Central Asia

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7 Jan 2013 TI Knowledge Hub

TI Knowledge Hub: Overview of Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Tajikistan

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4 Nov 2024 Times of Central Asia

Times of Central Asia: More high profile detentions in Tajikistan's alleged coup case

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1 Jan 2024 TimesCA

TimesCA: TJ Supreme Court breaks silence on alleged coup case

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24 Feb 2026 The Times of Central Asia

TimesCA: Why Tajikistan's Courts Rarely Hand Down Acquittals

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7 Aug 2020 TJ Criminal Code 1998 amended 2020 EN (legislationline)

TJ Criminal Code 1998 amended 2020 EN (legislationline): TJ Criminal Code 1998 amended 2020 EN (legislationline)

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1 Jan 2024 TJ Criminal Code extracts EN (Nottingham CJAD)

TJ Criminal Code extracts EN (Nottingham CJAD): TJ Criminal Code extracts EN (Nottingham CJAD)

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13 Nov 2023 TJ Criminal Code full EN (for art. 244 247 292 295 etc)

TJ Criminal Code full EN (for art. 244 247 292 295 etc): TJ Criminal Code full EN (for art. 244 247 292 295 etc)

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6 Aug 2001 TJ Criminal Executive Code EN 2011

TJ Criminal Executive Code EN 2011: TJ Criminal Executive Code EN 2011

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24 Dec 2022 Government of Tajikistan (English translation via BWC Implementation)

Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Tajikistan (English translation)

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13 Jun 2023 Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission: Buzurgmehr Yorov

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21 Jan 2026 Trade.gov

Trade.gov: Tajikistan Trade Financing

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11 Feb 2025 Transparency International

Transparency International: Tajikistan country page

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