http://www.rferl.org/archive/Tajikistan/latest/652/668.html RFE/RL's latest news, features, commentary, and multimedia content on Tajikistan http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/Tajikistan/latest/652/668.html en-US Copyright 2009 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:59:49 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL A woman who was beaten by a Russian soldier in the southwestern Tajik city of Kulob has died, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajik_Official_Says_Beating_Victim_Died_Of_Hepatitis/1884801.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajik_Official_Says_Beating_Victim_Died_Of_Hepatitis/1884801.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:24:04 +0000 From Our Bureaus The Tajik government has introduced a new decree obliging journalists to pay for information obtained from officials, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/In_Tajikistan_Free_Information_Comes_At_A_Price/1883466.html http://www.rferl.org/content/In_Tajikistan_Free_Information_Comes_At_A_Price/1883466.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:58:48 +0000 From Our Bureaus A Tajik Foreign Ministry official says the borders between Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan should be demined as soon as possible, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Central_Asian_Countries_Seek_To_Demine_Border_Areas/1884747.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Central_Asian_Countries_Seek_To_Demine_Border_Areas/1884747.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:10:09 +0000 From Our Bureaus The woman suffered injuries in a beating last week at the hands of a Russian military officer from a unit stationed in Khatlon Province, but police say her death was ultimately caused by complications from hepatitis. http://www.rferl.org/content/In_Tajikistan_Woman_Dies_After_Beating_By_Russian_Troop/1883355.html http://www.rferl.org/content/In_Tajikistan_Woman_Dies_After_Beating_By_Russian_Troop/1883355.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:36:37 +0000 From Our Bureaus The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has begun a third round of discussions in Almaty about upcoming counterterrorism exercises, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Uzbeks_Skip_Regional_Security_Meeting_In_Kazakhstan/1881390.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Uzbeks_Skip_Regional_Security_Meeting_In_Kazakhstan/1881390.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:03:24 +0000 From Our Bureaus The ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) of Tajikistan has rejected a proposal to reschedule the 2010 parliamentary elections, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajik_Ruling_Party_Rejects_Postponing_Elections_/1878195.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajik_Ruling_Party_Rejects_Postponing_Elections_/1878195.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:47:18 +0000 From Our Bureaus Umar Abdullaev, a prisoner at the United States' Guantanamo detention facility for international terrorist suspects, believes he is being punished for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. But as the Obama administration works to close down the controversial facility, Abdullaev's lawyer is saying the Tajik national would rather remain imprisoned at Guantanamo than return to Tajikistan. http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajik_National_Says_He_Prefers_Guantanamo_To_Returning_Home/1877692.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajik_National_Says_He_Prefers_Guantanamo_To_Returning_Home/1877692.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:13:46 +0000 News http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajik_National_Says_He_Prefers_Guantanamo_To_Returning_Home/1877692.html#relatedInfoContainer Tajik authorities have relocated 30 families from Tajikistan's eastern Rasht district to an area near Dushanbe because of chronic flooding, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajikistan_Relocating_Families_From_Flood_Zone/1877164.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajikistan_Relocating_Families_From_Flood_Zone/1877164.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:20:26 +0000 From Our Bureaus Before the autumn revolutions in Eastern Europe, there was the Moscow Spring in the Soviet Union. In 1989, Mikhail Gorbachev's reform policies hit their high-water mark, as the USSR held its first competitive elections, press freedom flourished, and civil society awakened. http://www.rferl.org/content/Revolutions_of_89_The_Moscow_Spring/1876450.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Revolutions_of_89_The_Moscow_Spring/1876450.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:14:45 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Revolutions_of_89_The_Moscow_Spring/1876450.html#relatedInfoContainer Tajik officials in southern Khatlon Province have seized a large amount of expired and rotten food from a local hospital and some low-income families who received the food as charity, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajik_Officials_Seize_Spoiled_Food_Donated_As_Charity/1875875.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajik_Officials_Seize_Spoiled_Food_Donated_As_Charity/1875875.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:58:32 +0000 From Our Bureaus The number of swine flu patients in Kyrgyzstan has reached 27, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyzstan_Reports_More_Swine_Flu_Infections_But_No_Deaths/1875149.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kyrgyzstan_Reports_More_Swine_Flu_Infections_But_No_Deaths/1875149.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:26:24 +0000 From Our Bureaus Tajikistan has introduced electricity rationing in some of its provinces after a major blackout in the country, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Electricity_Being_Rationed_In_Some_Tajik_Provinces/1875105.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Electricity_Being_Rationed_In_Some_Tajik_Provinces/1875105.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:00:56 +0000 From Our Bureaus Some 2,000 Kazakhs are planning to go on the hajj -- the holy pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia -- despite the swine flu epidemic, RFE/RL's Kazakh Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Kazakhs_To_Make_Hajj_While_Turkmen_Will_Stay_Home__/1873451.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Kazakhs_To_Make_Hajj_While_Turkmen_Will_Stay_Home__/1873451.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:32:49 +0000 From Our Bureaus Iranian-American Azadeh Moaveni, is the author of the best-selling memoirs "Honeymoon in Tehran" and "Lipstick Jihad." She spoke to RFE/RL correspondent Kristin Deasy about Iran's strict Islamic dress code on one hand, and the banning of Islamic headscarves in Uzbekistan on the other. http://www.rferl.org/content/Interview_IranianAmerican_Author_Discusses_Islamic_Dress/1872445.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Interview_IranianAmerican_Author_Discusses_Islamic_Dress/1872445.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:13:19 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Interview_IranianAmerican_Author_Discusses_Islamic_Dress/1872445.html#relatedInfoContainer Lebanese-born Aheda Zanetti, now an Australian citizen, is a Muslim fashion designer who created the "burqini" after reading about how difficult it was for women to swim in full burqas. She spoke to RFE/RL correspondent Kristin Deasy about the politics of Islamic fashion. http://www.rferl.org/content/Interview_Muslim_Fashion_Designer_Discusses_The_Burqini/1872438.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Interview_Muslim_Fashion_Designer_Discusses_The_Burqini/1872438.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:47:54 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Interview_Muslim_Fashion_Designer_Discusses_The_Burqini/1872438.html#relatedInfoContainer Islamic female clothing has become as much a political statement as it is a religious statement in many countries. http://www.rferl.org/content/Bans_Burqinis_And_Bad_Hijab/1872428.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Bans_Burqinis_And_Bad_Hijab/1872428.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:13:54 +0000 Features http://www.rferl.org/content/Bans_Burqinis_And_Bad_Hijab/1872428.html#relatedInfoContainer Two women in Tajikistan's northern Sughd Province have been detained for alleged membership in the banned Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajikistan_Detains_Women_For_Alleged_IMU_Membership/1870897.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajikistan_Detains_Women_For_Alleged_IMU_Membership/1870897.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:06:19 +0000 From Our Bureaus Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has signed a decree that will grant amnesty to an estimated 10,000 prisoners, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajik_President_To_Pardon_Thousands_Of_Convicted_Criminals_/1870513.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajik_President_To_Pardon_Thousands_Of_Convicted_Criminals_/1870513.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:35:15 +0000 From Our Bureaus Saudi Arabia's Trade Chamber and the Tajik Interior Ministry's Migration Service have signed an agreement allowing Tajik labor migrants to work in Saudi Arabia, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajik_Health_Care_Workers_To_Work_In_Saudi_Arabia/1869568.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajik_Health_Care_Workers_To_Work_In_Saudi_Arabia/1869568.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:26:05 +0000 From Our Bureaus Last week’s announcement that the next Russian census will be held in 2010 as originally scheduled is welcome news indeed. There had been considerable speculation that the census had been delayed largely for political reasons, and it is encouraging to think that the opinions of experts who say the census information is crucially needed were heeded in this case. http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_Is_Dying_To_Learn_Its_Census_Data/1869329.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_Is_Dying_To_Learn_Its_Census_Data/1869329.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:38:55 +0000 Commentary http://www.rferl.org/content/Russia_Is_Dying_To_Learn_Its_Census_Data/1869329.html#relatedInfoContainer A new electricity line connecting Tajikistan's northern regions with the south will start operating on November 1, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajikistan_Opens_Power_Line_To_Northern_Regions_/1866041.html http://www.rferl.org/content/Tajikistan_Opens_Power_Line_To_Northern_Regions_/1866041.html Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:02:59 +0000 From Our Bureaus