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Perspectives: ISKP intensifying online propaganda targeting Russia and Central Asia

Meilin Ai — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:53:43 +0000

Terrorist group widening inroads among Caucasus extremists. Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP) has emerged as the most globally ambitious and active branch in both its operations and propaganda of all radical Islamic groups. ISKP is presently implementing a regionalization and internationalization strategy that has increasingly focused on extending its reach into Central Asia, as well as appealing to associated diaspora elements elsewhere, especially in Russia. […]

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Tajikistan: Pamiri minority facing systemic discrimination in ‘overlooked human rights crisis’

Wei Shufen — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:35:43 +0000

The Tajikistani authorities are perpetuating systemic discrimination and severe human rights violations against the Pamiri minority, according to new research by Amnesty International. The Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) in East Tajikistan is home to several ethnic groups forming the Pamiri minority, mostly practicing the Shia Ismaili branch of Islam. Denied official recognition as a minority […]

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In Tajikistan, Clerics And Government Officials Are Deciding What Women Should Wear

Yawen — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 07:02:51 +0000

Women’s clothes are high on the government’s agenda once again in Tajikistan, where authorities and Islamic leaders are working on new guidelines on what women should wear to work and during their leisure time. The new dress code — the second of its kind in six years — is expected to be made public in […]

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Tajikistan: Has anything changed?

Kun Lan — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 22:20:53 +0000

Brussels/Dushanbe (10/8- 75) Once more Tajikistan comes on the radar screen. Who will be the next president of Tajikistan? How is the ban on the hijab helping the deradicalization of Tajik society? What is the role of the Chinese and Russian influence? And how is the relationship with the European Union coming along? Every year […]

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From A Secret Base in Tajikistan, China’s War On Terror Adjusts To A New Reality

Zhen Yu — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 07:41:00 +0000

Near SHAYMAK, Tajikistan — In a remote stretch of land near the Wakhan Corridor not far from Tajikistan’s mountainous border with northeastern Afghanistan, China’s regional ambitions are adjusting to a new reality on the ground. Next to an old Soviet outpost and believed to have existed for at least five years, a collection of strategically […]

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Dead Fish And Dirty Air: Chinese Firms Leave Waste As They Mine Tajikistan’s Gold

Hai Rong — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 14:40:07 +0000

PANJAKENT, Tajikistan — For the some 150 people in the tiny Tajik village of Khumgaron, the pollution and waste from the Chinese gold-mining operation nearby is not what they bargained for. “How will we live if the air and water are polluted?” asked one villager. “What meaning does life have when a person loses their […]

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Tajikistan Passes Bill to Ban Hijab Despite 98% Muslim Population

Mei Hui — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:51:56 +0000

Tajikistan officially banned the hijab, imposing hefty fines in its latest move to curb Islamic influence. Beni Mellal – The Central Asian nation of Tajikistan officially prohibited the wearing of hijabs and other “alien garments” this week, as the country’s parliament passed a new bill regulating Islamic clothing and Eid celebrations. The bill, approved by […]

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In Tajikistan, discover the ruins of a once mighty Silk Road kingdom

Meilin Ai — Thu, 09 May 2024 21:26:09 +0000

The country’s most important archaeological find has been compared to Machu Picchu. Here’s how to see it At first glance, it doesn’t look like much, just a rectangular meadow in the Pamir foothills of central Tajikistan. But there was a time when this ground reverberated with the thunder of hooves. Occupying a broad saddle, high above […]

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Tajik diaspora in Russia living in terror following Crocus City massacre

Li Wen — Mon, 06 May 2024 17:37:39 +0000

In the days since the mass killing at the Crocus City concert hall near Moscow, blameless Tajik migrants across Russia have been subjected to threats, verbal abuse and increased harassment from law enforcement. Panic is mounting – not just among Tajiks, but other Central Asian expatriate diasporas too – about the potential long-term fallout of […]

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Freedom House Calls Tajikistan One of the “Most Repressive” Countries in the World

Lei Mei — Mon, 06 May 2024 15:18:54 +0000

The international human rights organization Freedom House called Tajikistan one of the “most repressive” countries in the world in 2023. In its new report, the organization gave Tajikistan just 5 points out of 100. Freedom House’s annual report “Freedom in the World – 2024. The Growing Damage of Unfair Elections and Armed Conflicts” was published […]

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