Law-order

DUSHANBE, August 21, Asia-Plus — Shuhrat Qudratov, the defense layer of female student suing the education ministry over the headscarf ban, said in...

DUSHANBE, August 17, Asia-Plus — The Supreme Court has sentenced two former inmates at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo, Cuba, to long jail...

DUSHANBE, August 16, Asia-Plus — A 28-year-old resident of the Vahdat district Aslan Usmonov has been detained on suspicion of having been involved...

Uzbek nationals has gone on trial in Tajikistan for killing four local girls.

DUSHANBE, August 15, Asia-Plus -- Inspection by economic security department  of the State Committee for National Security (GKNB) has revealed numerous gross violations...

Three female reporters for the tabloid newspaper Ovoza, Farangis Nabiyeva, Muhayo Nozimova, and Saida Qurbonova (editor of Ovoza), could face another charge – illegal collection and spread of information about private life.

QURGHON TEPPA, August 14, Asia-Plus — The Qurghon Teppa military prosecutor’s office has instituted criminal proceedings against two officers...

DUSHANBE, August 9, Asia-Plus — A prosecutor’s office in the northern city of Chkalovsk has completed investigation into case of Mr....

DUSHANBE, August 8, Asia-Plus — The first meeting of a working group for elaboration of a draft strategy of the national program for combating...

Two residents of the northern district of Isfara, former inmates at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo, Cuba, stand trial in Tajikistan for illegally crossing the border and participating as mercenaries in armed conflict.