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YouTube and a popular nongovernmental online news portal have been rendered inaccessible for clients of some Internet providers in Tajikistan on the eve of that country's presidential election.
A member of the opposition Islamic Renaissance Party (HNIT) has been hospitalized after falling from the third floor of an investigative center in Tajikistan's northern city of Isfara.
Five presidential candidates in Tajikistan have rejected an OSCE report that criticized state-controlled media for focusing their coverage solely on incumbent Emomali Rahmon.
An interim report by the OSCE's election observation mission says Tajikistan's state-controlled media outlets extensively covered incumbent President Emomali Rahmon's trip to two regions and that posters bearing his portrait can be seen all around the country, while there's little sign of his rivals.
Russia's Interior Ministry has acknowledged an attack on a Tajik train last weekend, saying that hooligans were responsible for the incident in Voronezh Oblast.
The Tajik Journalists' Union has condemned the sentencing of a Tajik journalist to 11 years in jail for blackmailing and extorting money from a local woman.
Tajik citizens are now eligible to obtain three-year work permits in Russia.
Tajikistan's presidential spokesman has confirmed reports of Tajik citizens fighting on the side of opposition forces in Syria.
With the Tajik presidential election campaign in full swing, a member of the sitting president's campaign team has come under criticism for borrowing lines used by other leaders.
A Tajik court has sentenced a village mullah to seven years in prison on sexual misconduct and fraud charges.
Media reports have suggested the crash occurred during nighttime car races that involved a nephew of Amonullo Hukumov, the chief of the Tajik state railway company.
The report says China is home to 2.9 million slaves, Pakistan has 2.1 million, and there are 516,000 in Russia.
The united Tajik opposition is demanding that election authorities register its candidate for president, despite the fact she fell short of the necessary signatures required.
Uzbek authorities have reportedly accepted responsibility for a Tajik train's derailing on its territory.
An opposition candidate to the Tajik presidency, Oinihol Bobonazarova, says she will not take part in the November 6 poll.
The Tajik parliament has approved amendments to the penal code granting more privileges to individuals serving life prison terms.
A train belonging to the Tajik state railway company has derailed in Uzbekistan's southwestern Jizzakh Province, injuring dozens.
In the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, three people were killed and three injured following a crash during nighttime car races that often include the children of the country's elite.
The chief of Tajikistan's Central Election and Referendums Commission said the original October 7 deadline was moved back to October 10 after the Communist, Socialist, and Democratic parties all complained they had not been given enough time to collect supporter signatures under the original cutoff.
Tajik authorities in the capital, Dushanbe, say some 500 stray dogs were caught and destroyed last month amid a wave of residents' complaints over the growing number of feral canines roaming the city.
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