Emomali Rahmon

The Tajik president commented that “Tajikistan today is without COVID-19" -- close regional observers (and common sense) disagree.

Another seven year term for Tajik President Emomali Rahmon.

The upcoming presidential election in Tajikistan underscores a worsening human rights crisis. 

What's at stake in Tajikistan's election isn't the presidency, but what comes next.

A coincidence? When IRPT leader Kabiri spoke this week in an online event his message was cut off from Tajikistan by “technical glitches.” 

With less than a month until election day, Rahmon stands prominently in a field of unsurprising candidates unlikely to rock the boat.

A 30-year-old Tajik lawyer declared his intention to run and was almost immediately questioned by the security services. Rahmon is unlikely to tolerate a genuine challenger.

Rahmon, one of the world's longest-serving leaders, will seek a fifth term as Tajik president, setting rumors of a familial succession aside for now.

There is now an official date for Tajikistan’s next presidential election: October 11.

The announcement confirms what experts long suspected, but the government denied: the pandemic has arrived in Tajikistan.

Dushanbe’s denials are simply unbelievable; its belated responses to the pandemic “cruel and inept at the same time.”