Lawmakers in Tajikistan have voted to ban Arabic-sounding “foreign” names as well as marriages between first cousins, approving legislation to restrict two common practices that have irked the government of the predominantly Muslim country.
A woman's unrequited love for the leader of the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan has earned her a virginity test.
Tajikistan has summoned Iran's Ambassador to Dushanbe Hojjatollah Faghani to express "regret" over Iran's decision to invite the leader of the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) to attend an international conference in Tehran.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has signed into law a bill that gives him the title "Leader of the Nation" and grants him lifelong immunity from prosecution.
In many countries, there are far too few sign language translators capable of helping deaf people live their lives. In Tajikistan, more students are being trained to help but few become fully qualified. (RFE/RL's Tajik Service)
Abdusami says he was tricked into traveling to Syria to join Islamic State (IS) militants, but escaped to Moscow -- and now lives in fear of arrest in Russia, deportation to his native Tajikistan, or retribution at the hands of the men he claims lured him to the Middle East.
European Union foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini signed a deal on closer ties with Kazakhstan at a meeting with foreign ministers from the five post-Soviet Central Asian republics. (RFE/RL's Kazakh Service)
The Kyrgyz of the Pamir Mountains live divided by borders -- some in China or Afghanistan, the majority in Tajikistan. During the Soviet era their nomadic lifestyle was brought to an end, as they were forcibly settled. Now, though, many return to the yurt during the summer, which they spend on the high mountain pastures tending yaks or looking after tourists. By Janyl Jusupjan.
The mother a 27-year old Afghan woman who was beaten to death by a Kabul mob in March, says the brutality her daughter faced was 'beyond imagination.'
Tajikistan's anti-drug agency showed off its latest attempts to combat the massive flow of drugs coming through its territory from Afghanistan. Officials said they incinerated almost 400 kilograms of drugs, including 300 kilos of opium and 15 kilos of heroin. (RFE/RL's Tajik Service)
Tajikistan's interior minister says a mutiny that left more than 20 people dead in and around Dushanbe in September was financed by the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT).
Tajik lawmakers have voted to give President Emomali Rahmon the title "Leader of the Nation" and grant him lifelong immunity from prosecution, drawing sharp criticism from opponents and activists who called it a new step away from democracy.
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