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Academic freedom in Tajikistan endangered: what is to be done?

In Tajikistan, academic freedom is severly under threat. But how should the international academic community respond?

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A state medical university in Tajikistan | Photo by Foteh Rahimov via Wikimedia Commons.

This article originally appeared on EurasiaNet.

Academic freedom is imperiled in Tajikistan, and determined action by the international academic community is needed to encourage Tajik authorities to ease pressure on scholars.