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Tajikistan
In Tajikistan, Lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov Faces Even More Charges
By Catherine Putz
Tajikistan is heaping insult upon injury with its merciless persecution of a lawyer, his lawyer, and his family.
Is Tajikistan Really Clearing Corruption From the Anti-Corruption Agency?
By Catherine Putz
Not quite.
Hijab Hubbub: Tajikistan Sets Up Commission to Combat 'Alien' Clothing
By Catherine Putz
The commission will be taking “Tajik traditions” and “modern” life into consideration in promoting "appropriate" clothing.
Hired: Tajik President's Daughter Lands Deputy Post at a Major Bank
By Catherine Putz
Better to hire a Rahmon, than anger one.
Tajikistan Turns Up Heat on Families of Political Dissidents
By Catherine Putz
Dushanbe is always watching.
A Central Asian President's Guide to Getting Published
By Catherine Putz
An important building block in any cult of personality is a whole shelf of laudatory texts.
Tajikistan and Central Asia's Culture Wars
By Catherine Putz
There’s no unweaving history’s tapestry in Central Asia.
Uzbekistan’s Changing Rogun Tone
By Catherine Putz
Without Karimov's bombast about Rogun, Tashkent is better positioned to earnestly engage on an issue of vital importance.
TAPI and CASA-1000 Remain in Project Purgatory
By Casey Michel
As usual, there’s plenty of official optimism.
The Disconnect Between the EU's Central Asia Strategy and Reality
By Catherine Putz
Europe's strategy in Central Asia focuses on bilateral relations and reforms, but reality demonstrates the limits of these aims.
Relatives of Gulmurod Khalimov Killed in Fight with Tajik Police
By Catherine Putz
Two of Khalimov’s brothers and two nephews were killed.
20 Years Later, Tajikistan Rewrites Civil War History
By Catherine Putz
"So much has gone awry that most... produce little more than puzzled expressions when asked who is to blame."