Tajikistan has repatriated 84 minors from Iraq, where their Tajik mothers have been imprisoned under charges of belonging to the extremist group Islamic state (IS) or are awaiting trial.
Relatives of a spokesman for Tajikistan’s border service say that he was arrested earlier this month, confirming media reports that he was detained, but that they do not know where he is.
Members of China's Uyghur Muslim population continue to be subject to "egregious abuses" but the government in Beijing has faced few, if any, consequences, a bipartisan U.S. federal commission says in its 2019 annual report on religious freedom worldwide.
This week’s Majlis comes from the Connecting Central Asia in the 21st Century conference hosted by Oxford University on April 25.
A Tajik Imam once jailed as an “extremist” is now urging people to “follow the leaders of the country” and avoid using the Internet.
A new incident near a disputed segment of the Kyrgyz-Tajik border has increased tension in the volatile area.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has canceled a government's decision to increase Internet fees in the Central Asian country in the face of online protests.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, who is in Russia on a two-day official visit, is due to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Human rights groups have repeatedly called on the Tajik authorities to immediately release Mahmadali Hayit, the deputy leader of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, from prison.
In Turkmenistan, a witness filmed city workers throwing dogs into a garbage truck. In Kyrgyzstan, gunmen were seen shooting strays in broad daylight near a playground. Across Central Asia, animal rights activists are pushing for laws banning cruelty to animals -- and they're making progress.
A court in Tajikistan has sentenced a former member of the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) to 15 years in prison after a controversial extremism trial.
On this week's Majlis podcast, we return to the topic of feminism in Central Asia.
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