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QURGHON TEPPA, April 13, 2011, Asia-Pus  -- The Khatlon prosecutor’s office has instituted criminal proceedings against eight parents who sent their underage children...

KULOB, April 13, 2011, Asia-Plus  -- An accident at the gas pipeline, Baljuvon-Kulob, have left hundreds of residents of apartment buildings in Kulob...

DUSHANBE, April 12, 2011, Asia-Plus  -- The terrorist act in Minsk is absolutely unexpected because there are no any large ethnic diasporas in...

DUSHANBE, April 12, 2011, Asia-Plus – The April 11 Radio Liberty’s item titled “Tajik Fatwa Bans SMS-Divorce” by Farangis Najibullah notes that the...

DUSHANBE, April 12, 2011, Asia-Plus  -- Zinnatulloh Ismoiliyon, director of the private TV channel, Simoi Mustaqili Tojikiston or SMT (Independent TV of Tajikistan),...

DUSHANBE, April 12, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Imams (heads of mosques) as persons who may promote the importance of safe of motherhood are taking...

DUSHANBE, April 11, 2011, Asia-Plus  -- Branches of Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys and Moscow Power Engineering Institute (Technical University) will be...

The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact.

Torture and abuse of detainees and other persons by security forces, denial of right to fair trial, corruption and restrictions on freedoms of speech, press, association and religion were reported among human rights problems in Tajikistan.

DUSHANBE, April 9, 2011, Asia-Plus  -- A Tajik sanitary watchdog group warns that many toys on store shelves pose health risks to kids. ...