Clashes broke out on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. As of Friday morning, April 30, the Kyrgyz authorities said that the number of victims had reached 131 people. More details about the conflict were told by the BBC. 13 people died, including a 12-year-old girl. Tajikistan reported three ...
On April 29, the lower house of the Parliament of Tajikistan adopted amendments to the law “On State Registration of Acts of Civil Status,” writes Current Time. They prohibit the “Russification” of Tajik surnames and patronymics when registering the names of newborns. Namely, to use the Slavic suffixes “-ov”, “-ova”, “-ev”, “-eva” in...
In Tajikistan, another loud dispute has flared up about the virginity of the bride. 19-year-old Idimo Sherova from Dangara district says that on her wedding night her husband Firuzi Muhammadrajab accused her of not being a virgin. He beat her and forced her to confess that ...
In Tajikistan, in the city of Istaravshan, 23-year-old Tolib Ashurkulov strangled and then beheaded his own minor sister, an 11th grade student, deciding that she “disgraced the family” by walking with an adult man. This is reported by News.ru. The man received 18 years in a strict regime colony. The crime happened ...
The prime suspect in the July 2018 murder of four foreign cyclists on a mountain road in Tajikistan was convicted of "extreme violence murder" and other crimes and sentenced to life in prison. About this with reference to the participants of the closed ...
Every Thursday, over 500 law enforcement officers will patrol 140 schools and other educational institutions in Dushanbe, reports the Tajik service of Radio Liberty. This measure is an initiative and order of the capital authorities. Teachers are required to provide the police with weekly reports on who and why...
Tajikistan has begun to register gays and lesbians. As Current Time reports, with reference to the publication of the Prosecutor General's Office of Tajikistan, there are already 319 homosexual men and 48 lesbians on the list. “Their belonging to sexual minorities has been proven, and all of them have been placed on operational records,”...
In Tajikistan, the “Regulations on the conduct of mourning ceremonies” were published in half a million copies, the National News Agency of the Republic reported on Tuesday, writes Interfax. The “Regulations” determine the procedure for conducting mourning ceremonies and expressing condolences. It was prepared by the Committee for Religious Affairs, Streamlining National Traditions, Celebrations and Rituals...
The head of the department for women and family affairs in the Khuroson region of Tajikistan, Ziyoda Salomova, was dismissed from her post after the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon arrived in the region, and he was not well received by female musicians from the ensemble of dairy women. The female ensemble "Ochadzhonkho" ("Mothers") ...
In traditional Tajik society, it is believed that a girl should be chaste, and if she does not marry a virgin, she can be kicked out the door in disgrace. This is exactly what happened to Rajabbi Khurshed. After the wedding, her husband accused her of ...