The National Alliance of Tajikistan (Paymoni Millii Tojikiston) – a group uniting several opposition and movements based in the European Union – is the eighteenth organization banned in Tajikistan
The Supreme Court of Tajikistan has labeled the National Alliance of Tajikistan as a terrorist and extremist organization at the request of the Prosecutor-General’s Office.
The Alliance’s activities have been banned in territory of Tajikistan since August 15, 2019, according to the Supreme Court press center. The court’s ruling was made public over the weekend.
The Alliance’s website is blocked in Tajikistan and distribution of materials of this organization is prohibited in the country.
Established in Warsaw in September last year at the gathering of Tajik opposition activists living in various countries of the European Union, the National Alliance of Tajikistan is an opposition coalition consisting of four Tajik dissident parties and organizations: the Forum of Tajik Freethinkers, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), the Association of Central Asian Migrants, and the People's Movement "Reforms and Development in Tajikistan".
The Alliance reportedly represents a broad section of Tajik society, including secular and traditional figures, and is based in Poland.
The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan was labeled a terrorist group and banned in 2015.
According to data from the Supreme Court, the National Alliance of Tajikistan is the eighteenth organization banned in Tajikistan.
Before the end of 2013, the list of organizations banned in Tajikistan included Hizb ut-Tahrir, Al-Qaeda, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the Islamic Movement of Eastern Turkestan, Taliban, the Society of the Muslim Brothers (better known as the Muslim Brotherhood), Lashkar-e-Taiba (Army of the Righteous), the Islamic Society of Pakistan, Jamaati Tablighot, Sozmoni Tablighot, Tojikistoni Ozod and Jamaati Ansarullah.
Later five other organizations were included on this list, namely Salafi Group, Group 24, Islamic State group, Jabhat al-Nusra and IRPT.
