New York, Brussels (21/12 – 60). Human rights violation committed by Tajikistan state security officials breeding an atmosphere of fear and oppression was the verdict of a United Nations human rights mission conducted by Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor, after a recent visit to the...
The fate of Kazakh dissident and fugitive Mukhtar Ablyazov was set to be on the agenda when French President Emmanuel Macron met his Kazakh counterpart this week.Le Figaro has reported that Ablyazov, who has been convicted of embezzling $7 billion from the bank he ran, could be a...
New 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 defenders, Mary Lawlor told Tajikistan to protect its human rights defenders and stop...
Paris, Brussels (21/04 – 50)Pamiri Muslims in Tajikistan, who mostly are followers of the Ismaili branch of Shi’ism, celebrate Eid ul Fitr on Saturday. Residing in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) in southeastern Tajikistan, the Ismaili Pamiris welcomed Eid-ul Fitr...
(9/3 – 50) Kazakhstan is gearing up for snap elections of the lower house of parliament on March 19, and there is a sense of anticipation in the air. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, who came to power in 2019, called for snap elections in the wake of the deadly street protests in January...
