So, how does a 10-year-old end up on a list of wanted persons? In Tajikistan, by relation to an exiled dissident.

Dushanbe has essentially called the video reportedly showing the attackers pledging allegiance to the Islamic State a false flag.

How a 4-year-old child became a hostage in Tajikistan’s battles against the exiled opposition.

The details of Dushanbe’s human rights violations tell the story of a state afraid of its own people but not of international law.

Bad governance structures and rampant corruption underpin a system that lacks justice.

Mirzorakhim Kuzov had been detained in Greece after Tajikistan submitted an Interpol red notice against him.

Not quite.

Better to hire a Rahmon, than anger one.

Dushanbe is always watching.

"So much has gone awry that most... produce little more than puzzled expressions when asked who is to blame."

In 2016, 830 Tajik citizens applied for asylum at the Polish border -- up from just 105 in 2014.

“Do people know what the laws are? If not, do the laws matter?”

“When the repression machine begins to work, it destroys everyone."

Who will defend the defenders when all the lawyers are detained?

Getting out of the Eurasian market is proving to be troublesome.

Dushanbe has ensured that future targets of the state may not have anyone to defend them.