112 women have been released from a women’s penal colony in Norak following amnesty granted on the occasion of 20th anniversary of Tajikistan’s Independence.
DUSHANBE, August 22, 2011, Asia-Plus -- BBC Word Service correspondent in Tajikistan, Urunboy Usmonov, has stated that he was tortured after being detained...
DUSHANBE, August 22, 1011, Asia-Plus – The Government of Japan is continuing to provide assistance to Tajikistan.
On August 17, Mr. Yoshihiro Nakayama,...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) calls on Tajik prosecutors to drop the fabricated extremism charges against Urunboy Usmonov, the BBC World Service correspondent in Tajikistan, and acquit him.
DUSHANBE, August 20, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Officials from Tajikistan''s ministries and agencies dealing with penal and penitentiary affairs and representatives of the International...
DUSHANBE, August 20, 2011, Asia-Plus -- On Friday August 19, the emergency ministers of Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan signed the agreement on the...