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Staff and customers at a Moscow cafe that employs Central Asians say they were badly beaten by police during a raid, part of what they say is an intensifying campaign against migrants from the region, Radio Liberty’s Central Asian Migrants’ Unit reported on May 8. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say more than 1,000 people have been killed in two days of clashes between gunmen and security forces linked to Syria's new Islamist rulers and fighters from Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect in the country's coastal region. asiaplustj.info »
Exorcisms are practiced among the followers of Islam, Christianity, and some other world religions. Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported on February 25 that there is a belief among Muslims that an evil spirit or jinni can possess a person but can be driven out of the possessed person's body through an exorcism that includes reciting certain verses from the Koran. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik authorities have handed down long prison terms to three independent journalists and bloggers in recent days. Four other reporters are awaiting sentencing. The trials have all been held behind closed doors, preventing public scrutiny. asiaplustj.info »
An uneasy air of anticipation has descended over the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) after the region was the scene of massive protests in November as people came out to show their anger over the killing of a local resident at the hands of the police. asiaplustj.info »