Tajikistan

  • Aug 11, 2003
  • 1 min read

TAJIKISTAN: Political prosecution

A senior member of the Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP), Kasym Rakhimov, was charged on Friday...

Tajikistan
  • Jul 7, 2003
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CENTRAL ASIA: Collaboration concerns

The leaders of four Central Asian states -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan --...

Central Asia
  • Jun 27, 2003
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TAJIKISTAN: President may stay in power for decades

The country held a referendum on constitutional changes on June 22. The referendum approved the...

Tajikistan
  • Jun 24, 2003
  • 7 min read

CENTRAL ASIA: China becoming driving force in SCO

Russia and China continue to try to breathe life into the SCO after it was sidelined by the US...

Central Asia
  • Jun 23, 2003
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TAJIKISTAN: Referendum result

Preliminary results today from the referendum on Sunday showed that 93% of voters backed...

Tajikistan
  • Jun 11, 2003
  • 7 min read

RUSSIA/CIS: CSTO - much grandeur but little power

A rapid reaction force being set up at Kant, in Kyrgyzstan, should be fully operational at the...

Russia
  • Jun 5, 2003
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TAJIKISTAN: Shamsuddinov seized

The security services have arrested Shamsuddin Shamsuddinov, the deputy leader of the Islamic...

Tajikistan
  • Jun 2, 2003
  • 7 min read

CENTRAL ASIA: Radical Islam a low-grade threat

Prior to the US-led invasion of Iraq, governments in Central Asia were concerned that military...