Tajikistan
Tajik court jails banned Islamic group members
(AP) - Tajikistan’s Supreme Court has sentenced dozens of people to prison terms for belonging to a banned Islamic organization.
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Tajik governing party declared election winner
(AP) - Election officials in Tajikistan have declared the governing party the overwhelming winner of parliamentary elections that international observers say were marred by widespread fraud.
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Tajikistan’s Islamic party to sue election board
(AP) - Tajikistan’s main opposition party said Tuesday it plans to sue the Central Asian nation’s elections board amid claims it abetted fraud in this weekend’s parliamentary vote.
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Pro-government party leads Tajik elections; fraud cited
(AP) - Preliminary results show Tajikistan’s pro-government party winning weekend parliamentary elections by a landslide, officials said Monday, as international monitors and the opposition cited widespread fraud.
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Vote monitors slam Tajikistan’s parliamentary vote
(AP) - Rampant fraud including ballot-box stuffing and proxy voting marred Tajikistan’s weekend parliamentary elections, international observers said Monday, while the opposition threatened legal challenges.
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Tajikistan votes under president’s watchful eye
(AP) - Huge posters of Tajikistan’s president adorn the facade of the main polling station in this provincial town, as if to remind voters that he will remain in charge regardless of the outcome of Sunday’s parliamentary election.
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Islam seeks a perch in Tajikistan’s political life
(AP) - Islam is on the rise in Tajikistan, and the only legally registered Islamic party in former Soviet Central Asia hopes to capitalize on that momentum in Sunday’s parliamentary election.
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U.S. concerned over lawsuits against Tajik newspapers
(AFP) - Washington is concerned about lawsuits filed against newspapers in Tajikistan, which critics say are an attempt to muzzle the press ahead of upcoming elections, the US embassy said Wednesday.
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Top U.S. general holds talks with Tajikistan president
(AFP) - General David Petraeus, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, held talks Monday in Tajikistan with President Emomali Rakhmon on military cooperation in the region.
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Tajikistan says no to beards, yes to galoshes for teachers
(AFP) - Teachers aged under 50 in Tajikistan can no longer grow beards but are allowed to give their lessons in rain boots, according to new government guidelines published Monday.
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