COLOGNE, November 7, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- In Islamic tradition, an imam read out verses from the Koran to begin the funeral service. The service's leader then told the more than 400 people in attendance ...

(Almaty) – The Tajik government should immediately and unconditionally release a seriously ill political activist who says he has been tortured, nine human rights groups said today. The prisoner, ...

(Dushanbe) – Tajik authorities should promptly and thoroughly investigate the brutal beating of an opposition leader. Mahmadali Hayit, deputy head of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), ...

Human Rights Watch and eight other rights groups have urged the Tajik government to immediately release a gravely ill political activist who claims to have been tortured. During a visit on March 9, ...

On May 21, 2020, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan signed a Resolution on Celebrating Ramadan Hayit (Eid al-Fitr). As it is noted in the resolution, the Holy month of Ramadan, which is a month ...

A group of international rights groups has called on the government of Tajikistan to immediately release a political prisoner that they say is gravely ill and has been subjected to torture. In their ...

Tajikistan’s hunt against the opposition took a grim turn this week with the disappearance of the wife and son of the jailed deputy leader of the banned Islamic Renaissance Party, or IRPT. This ...