The editor-in-chief of Paik, the only independent publication in Tajikistan’s southwestern Khatlon region, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, Radio Ozodi reported on January 10.

(Reuters pic) A court in Tajikistan has handed down prison sentences of between eight and 20 years to more than 30 people it convicted of trying to poison attendees of a festival last year ...

causes. The Tajikistan government, earlier in the year, chose to cover up an even bloodier prison massacre. Although information about the events is scarce, reports indicate that in mid-April the ...