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A court in Tajikistan's southern region of Khatlon has sentenced six local men after convicting them of being adherents to a banned branch of Islam.
Several associates of the late Deputy Defense Minister Abduhalim Nazarzoda have been imprisoned after being found guilty of attempting to seize power.
A Tajik lawyer who represented a prominent opposition figure has died 10 days after his second son was sent to prison on what he said were trumped-up charges.
Another son of a Tajik lawyer, who is representing a prominent opposition figure, has been jailed.
Tajikistan has sentenced two leaders of the banned Islamic Renaissance Party (HNIT) to life imprisonment while several others have received lengthy prison terms.
Two young men in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, have been jailed for raising the flag of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group in a public place.
Tajikistan's Interior Ministry is asking a group of young partygoers briefly detained and possibly roughed up by police last week to come forward with any complaint about alleged mistreatment.
Tajik authorities have arrested five mosque imams for allegedly promoting extremist ideas and recruiting young people to join Islamist militant groups abroad.
Dozens of employees of a major Iranian company working in Tajikistan say they have not been paid for six months.
Tajik lawmakers have expressed concern about deadly clashes between workers at a Moscow cemetery that left three Tajiks dead during the weekend.
Heavy rains in Tajikistan have caused floods and mudslides that have damaged homes and led to the evacuation of hundreds of people across the country.
Prosecutors in Tajikistan are demanding life prison sentences for four leaders of the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) for their alleged roles in what authorities say was a coup attempt.
Mudslides caused by heavy rains have killed three people in Tajikistan's north.
Tajik authorities say they have detained four suspected supporters of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group who were allegedly planning to carry out terrorist attacks in the country during the celebrations marking Victory Day on May 9.
Dushanbe says a Tajik citizen suspected of involvement in the murder of a high-ranking Russian police officer and five of his relatives traveled to Russia from Tajikistan in order "to prove his innocence."
Russian federal investigators say three suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a high-ranking police officer and five of his relatives have confessed to the killings.
A lawyer who defended members of the opposition Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (HNIT) is going on trial in Dushanbe on charges of forgery and fraud.
Tajik authorities have officially banned the issuance of new identification documents and birth certificates for ethnic Tajiks containing Russified surnames.
Tajik authorities say an imam and four other residents of the northern region of Sughd have been jailed for being followers of a banned branch of Islam.
Tajik lawmakers have approved a bill to designate November 16 as President's Day.
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