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A Tajik woman has accused Dushanbe police of insulting and threatening her after she was detained during an anti-hijab raid.
Two Tajik men believed to be involved in a deadly 2017 truck attack in Stockholm -- one of whom had been believed dead -- are reportedly in custody in Syria.
Six Kyrgyz nationals and three Tajik nationals were wounded after clashes broke out along a section of the border between the two countries, authorities and medics say.
A Tajik court has sentenced a senior Dushanbe police officer and three other officers to time in prison after they were found guilty of torturing a man who was being held for drug charges.
Tajik lawmakers have approved a bill on the mass legalization of stateless residents of the Central Asian nation from other former Soviet republics.
Saodat Khojaeva, 40, from southern Tajikistan, was born with only one deformed arm. She uses her legs to do house chores, including cooking, cleaning, and looking after her three children.
A Tajik security official's statement on a deadly attack on a border post earlier in November has contradicted official reports about the incident that claimed many lives.
Tajik opposition activist and journalist Farhod Odinaev says he will seek political asylum in the European Union after learning the authorities intend to arrest him if he returns home.
The number of law enforcement victims in what Tajik authorities have called "an Islamic State (IS) attack" near a border post is seven, five higher than official reports, sources have told RFE/RL.
Gruesome images published, then edited, then erased by Tajik officials have raised questions about what exactly transpired during a reported terror attack on a remote border post.
Belarusian authorities have decided not to extradite opposition activist and journalist Farhod Odinaev to his native Tajikistan, where he is wanted for alleged membership in a banned organization and supporting extremism.
An overnight shoot-out at an outpost on the Tajik-Uzbek border has ended with one Tajik border guard and one police officer killed, Tajik authorities say.
The Tajik Foreign Ministry has partially renewed accreditation for seven journalists in RFE/RL’s Dushanbe bureau, but stopped short of providing the one-year extensions guaranteed under ministry regulations.
Two mid-level managers at Amonatbank, Tajikistan's largest state-owned bank, have been arrested and charged with taking part in illegal cross-border financial transactions.
Rights groups say Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, has used the levers of power to sideline opponents, independent journalists and suppress dissent.
A first group of inmates has been released after a mass amnesty was announced last week in Tajikistan.
The Tajik parliament's lower chamber has approved a bill proposed by President Emomali Rahmon on a mass amnesty affecting some 20,000 people, including individuals sentenced for "liking online extremist posts."
Two sons of Amriddin Tabarov, the late founder and leader of the banned Islamic militant group Jamaat Ansarullah, have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms in Tajikistan.
Art students around the world find themselves sketching naked models as part of the studies. Some artists and models find it uncomfortable. In Tajikistan, for some, it's breaking a taboo.
Young Tajik men are being taken from the streets by people in plain clothes and reportedly sent to serve in the army for two years. Sometimes, the men are taken without any prior notice.
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