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Tajikistan: These are no Muslims

Meilin Ai — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 15:47:34 +0000

Warsaw, Berlin (25/3 – 80) A diverse group of Pamiri and Ismaili interest groups gathered to discuss the terror attack in Moscow. “We reject the notion this were Pamiris or Ismailis representing us”, said one of the spokespeople, who want to remain anonymous out of fear of persecution by the Tajik authorities. “They are Takfiris”, […]

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The Story of Tajikistan

Zhen Yu — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 03:09:15 +0000

Brussels (21/10 – 75) In May 2022, tens of ethnic Pamiri protesters were killed by security forces as demonstrations were violently suppressed and an “anti-terrorist operation” was launched in the east of the country. Activists, local leaders, journalists and bloggers were arrested and sentenced in unfair trials. Many reported being tortured. Access to information, including […]

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Tajikistan: Enlistment-Dodging Pushes Military Recruiters to Use Devious Methods

Wei Shufen — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 19:16:47 +0000

Copenhagen (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 begin resorting to desperate measures. Scooping young men off the streets in actions tantamount to kidnapping is standard. But that is just for starters. To […]

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Police Commander Identified in Alleged Torture and Execution of Four Men in Tajikistan

Mei Hui — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 23:08:00 +0000

Brussels (12/7 – 30.77) International investigators interviewing survivors of a mountain massacre that occurred in May 2022 in Tajikistan have collected evidence that government security services carried out a planned massacre of peaceful protestors as part of a larger ethnic cleansing campaign targeting the peaceful Pamiri indigenous people of the mountainous eastern region of the […]

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Tajikistan Faces UN Criticism Over Minority Rights Issues

Dong Feng — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 18:00:00 +0000

Tajikistan’s Failure to Address Minority Rights Sparks International Concerns London, Berlin (6/4 – 62.5) In a recent report submitted to the upcoming 109th session of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN CERD), Tajikistan’s handling of minority rights has been called into question. The report by the Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial (ADC […]

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Tajik Secret Police Execute Pamiris

An Bowen — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:55:35 +0000

These threats were made by Alisher Mirzanabatov (лишер Мирзонаботов), the former deputy head of the dreaded Tajik secret police, the GKNB, which is modelled after the Soviet KGB. Currently, Mirzanabatov is the governor of the restive Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous province (GBAO), home of one of Tajikistan’s oldest indigenous citizens, the Pamiris. Mirzanabatov made no empty threats. He […]

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