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Published in: oDRThe Central Asian valley where borders dissolve in grassroots cooperation
Sandwiched between three Central Asian states, people living on all sides of the Ferghana Valley are overcoming...
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Published in: oDRTransforming Tajikistan: how the Rahmon regime turned religion into a site of struggle
This new book focuses on Tajik society’s turn to Islam as a means of coping with disorder.
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Published in: oDR#FreeFatima: how the Tajik regime treats the children of political exiles as hostages
Preventing the children of opposition exiles from leaving Tajikistan is one of the cruellest forms of repression.
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Published in: oDRThe struggle for freedom of speech in Tajikistan: Khayrullo Mirsaidov and the question of international responsibility
The conviction of a well-known journalist once again raises the question of the international community’s attitude...
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Published in: oDRKhayrullo Mirsaidov: the journalist from Tajikistan who received 12 years in prison for his honesty and courage
The west cannot preach democracy and free media in Tajikistan while leaving the locals who implement these...
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Published in: oDRCritical engagement and endangered academic freedom in Tajikistan
For academics, critical engagement is not only about terminating collaboration with Tajik state institutions. It is...
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Published in: oDRAcademic freedom in Tajikistan: critical engagement and solidarity
If academic solidarity and forms of critical engagement with Tajikistan are going to emerge, we must first recognise...
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Published in: oDRA new era of crimes against humanity in Eurasia
A wave of brutal crackdowns on LGBT communities in the post-Soviet space has exposed civil society’s shortcomings —...
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Published in: oDRAcademic freedom in Tajikistan: why boycotts and blacklists are the wrong response
A recent call to disengage with educational institutions in this Central Asian state misses crucial points about...
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Published in: oDRAcademic 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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Published in: oDRTajikistan: so close, no matter how far
From humanitarian aid to desperate refugees, Tajikistan and Europe are more closely connected than you might think....
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Published in: oDRThe long echo of Tajikistan’s civil war
This year marks 20 years since the signing of peace accords in Tajikistan. But the price of peace has cost the...
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Published in: oDR“What kind of terrorist am I?”
Even in exile, dissidents from Tajikistan live in fear for their lives. Activist Shabnam Khudoydodova shares her story.
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Published in: oDRTajikistan’s imitation civil society
Harassment, intimidation and anti-opposition protest – this is the face of “civil society” in Tajikistan.
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Published in: oDRThe long arm of the despot
Tajikistan’s government doesn’t hesitate to go after its critics abroad. Intimidation, beatings and murder — this is...
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Published in: oDRIs Central Asia afraid of ISIS?
The self-proclaimed ‘Islamic State’ has been seizing more and more territory in the Middle East, and now has its...
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Published in: oDRThe thin red line between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Is there any way to solve the border dispute between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan?