Governance

Torture, Death in Prisons, and Human Trafficking. What Did Tajikistan Authorities Say at the Geneva Meeting?

At the session of the Committee Against Torture, Tajik authorities disclosed statistics and measures, but a number of key issues remained unexplained.

Khorog mayor demands that Mamadboqirov surrender

Khorog Mayor Rizo Nazarzoda has demanded that one of the so-called informal leaders of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), Mamadboqir Mamadboqirov surrender.  The...

Rahmon pays working visit to Sughd province

President Emomali Rahmon today began a three-day working visit to Sughd province. This year, it is the first visit of Rahmon to northern Tajikistan.  According...

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon attends the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Beijing

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday left for Beijing to attend the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, according to the Tajik president’s official website. The...

Tajik authorities advise Tajikistanis to refrain from traveling to Kyrgyzstan

In a statement released on February 2, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan advises Tajikistanis to refrain from traveling to Kyrgyzstan. The statement, in...

Osh-Isfana road runs through territory of Tajikistan, says Sughd governor

Commenting on a statement by the governor of Kyrgyzstan’s Batken region about divisiveness of a 255-meter section of the Osh-Isfana road, Rajabboy Ahmadzoda, the...

Rahmon continues shaking up officials

President Emomali Rahmon, who is also the Head of the Government, is continuing to shake up officials. According to the Tajik president’s official website, Qosim...

Rahmon shakes up region administrators in northern Tajikistan

President Emomali Rahmon yesterday replaced a number of regional administrators in Sughd province (northern Tajikistan). Ms. Mavsouma Muini, who had previously served as Deputy Mayor...

It gets started! Agriculture minister replaced

It appears President Emomali Rahmon has begun to introduce staff changes. By president’s decree Sulaimon Ziyozoda, who previously served as Minister of Agriculture, has been...

Tajik MPs discuss Tajikistan-Turkmenistan agreement on cooperation in the field of railway transportation

Tajik parliamentarians have discussed a government-to-government agreement between Tajikistan and Turkmenistan on cooperation in the field of railway transportation. A regular sitting of the Board...

Rahmon urges the government to ensure the country’s economic growth at the rate of at least 8 percent

President Emomali Rahmon has urged the government to ensure the country’s economic growth this year at the rate of at least 8 percent. An enlarged...
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