TAJIKISTAN: Criminal cases against human rights defenders, relatives threatened
Exiled human rights defenders Anora Sarkorova and her husband Rustamjon Joniyev face criminal charges, and have been placed on Russia's...
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TAJIKISTAN: Religious freedom survey, December 2023
Tajikistan restricts freedom of religion and belief, along with interlinked freedoms of expression, association and assembly. Forum 18's survey analyses...
TAJIKISTAN: Secret Supreme Court hearing bans Jehovah’s Witnesses
A 2021 secret Supreme Court ban on Jehovah's Witnesses as allegedly "extremist" was not revealed until over a year later....
TAJIKISTAN: Jail sentences, fines for studying Islam
Imam Mukhammadi Mukharramov, who is now 50, was jailed for eight years for privately teaching Islam to a group of...
TAJIKISTAN: Decree bans funerals for alleged “terrorists”, denies relatives bodies
President Emomali Rahmon has signed a Decree denying the families of those killed in alleged "anti-terrorism operations" the possibility of,...
TAJIKISTAN: Ailing prisoner of conscience again fails in hospital transfer bid
The governor of Strict Regime Prison YaS 3/5 in Khujand refuses to explain why Jehovah's Witness prisoner of conscience Shamil...
TAJIKISTAN: Regime bans Ismaili home prayers, lessons for children
At least two Ismaili home owners in Mountainous Badakhshan were fined one month's average wage each for hosting prayer meetings...
TAJIKISTAN: Ismaili religious leader jailed, prayer houses closed
On 3 August, days after the secret police arrested him, Badakhshan Regional Court jailed Muzaffar Davlatmirov, a respected 58-year-old Ismaili...
TAJIKISTAN: Ailing prisoner of conscience’s hospital transfer refused again
The governor of Strict Regime Prison YaS 3/5 in Khujand refuses to explain why Jehovah's Witness prisoner of conscience Shamil...
