Defence UN rights council takes Tajikistan to taskBy Shahab JagiraniOctober 30, 20241 A follow-up report issued recently by the UN General Assembly’s Human Rights Council assails Tajikistan’s government for failing to implement…
Asia Dissing The Tajik President Online Can Send You Straight To JailBy Shahab JagiraniMay 7, 202416 VAHDAT, Tajikistan — Shahboz Sharifbek has never had a political agenda or supported any political, religious, or social group. He…
Central Asia Tajikistan: These are no MuslimsBy Tusak LongiApril 1, 202417 Warsaw, Berlin (25/3 – 80) A diverse group of Pamiri and Ismaili interest groups gathered to discuss the terror attack…
Asia Tajikistan’s Mega Hydropower Project on the Brink of Financial TurmoilBy Shahab JagiraniMarch 7, 20247 Tajikistan’s existential project to build the colossal 335-meter-high Roghun hydropower dam is proceeding apace, but costs are spiraling, and to…
Central Asia Tajikistan’s Troubled WaterBy Okyanus BarelviMarch 7, 202423 Dubai (27/2) Tajikistan’s existential project to build the colossal 335-meter-high Roghun hydropower dam is proceeding apace, but costs are spiralling,…
Asia Will the Third Time Be the Charm for Tajikistan’s Thwarted Power Transition?By Shahab JagiraniFebruary 17, 20247 Infighting over the succession and growing frustration in the regions could shatter the stability that the Tajik president has been…
Defence UN, Special Rapporteur Examine Religious Freedom Issues in TajikistanBy Mayyaada PanhwarOctober 25, 202313 Berlin (24/10 – 67) UN Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Nazila Ghanea, visited Tajikistan from April 11 to…
Central Asia UN Special Rapporteur: Tajikistan Violated Its International ObligationsBy Javaneh BuriroSeptember 11, 202321 Geneva, London (29/7 – 50) Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, condemned the arrest…
