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A court in Dushanbe has sent a Tajik man to 17 and a half years in jail for insulting the president, calling for extremist actions and being a member of the banned opposition movement Group 24.
Election officials say Tajikistan's ruling party has won parliamentary elections marred by irregularities and dismissed as a "farce" by the Communist Party leader.
Apparent voting irregularities have been documented by RFE/RL as Tajikistan held parliamentary elections.
Avalanches caused by abrupt warming and heavy snowfall have killed at least five people in Tajikistan since February 22.
A Russian officer has been detained in Tajikistan on suspicions of assaulting a taxi driver and stealing his vehicle.
A Tajik court has sent to prison 13 members of a banned Islamic group for recruiting residents of the northern province of Sughd to fight alongside militants in Syria.
An opposition Islamic party leader who is a member of Tajikistan's Central Election Commission has been detained on suspicion of illegal weapons possession ahead of March 1 parliamentary elections.
A Tajik doctor who was kidnapped by tribesmen in Yemen in October has been released.
A young Tajik military conscript has been hospitalized after attempting to commit suicide.
Tajik authorities say they have detained 11 people on suspicion of being adherents of a banned branch of Islam.
A senior U.S. diplomat says that Washington's ties with Tajikistan do not come "at the expense" of Dushanbe's relations with Moscow.
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency has handed over an alleged leader of a banned Islamic group to Tajikistan.
An opposition politician who intended to run in Tajikistan's March 1 parliamentary election has been detained on embezzlement charges.
Prosecutors in Tajikistan have charged a Russian officer they say beat a man near the 201st military base's unit in the southern city of Kulob.
The head of the investigative department in Kyrgyzstan's Interior Ministry has said that 22 citizens of Kyrgyzstan have been killed in fighting in Syria.
Libyan officials say three Tajik citizens were among seven victims killed during a terrorist attack on a luxury hotel used by diplomats and businessmen in Tripoli.
A new criminal case against a jailed Tajik opposition businessman has been sent to a court in Dushanbe.
A Tajik border guard was wounded in an exchange of fire with an armed group trying to cross from Afghanistan on January 18
Tajikistan has formally asked Turkey to extradite fugitive opposition politician and businessman Umarali Quvatov.
A lawyer and opposition politician has been sentenced to nine years in prison after being convicted of taking a bribe.
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