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On Tuesday July 4, UN experts urged Tajikistan to show genuine commitment to improving the situation of human rights defenders in the country and expressed concern about convictions, says a statement released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). asiaplustj.info »
When Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to the Russian nation on February 21 and described Ukraine as “historically Russian land,” and also announced that Moscow would be recognizing the Russia-backed separatist regions in Lugansk and Donetsk in eastern Ukraine as independent countries, it has evoked concern of many in Central Asia, Radio Liberty reported on February 27. asiaplustj.info »
The recent events in Gorno-Badakshan are of deep concern to me and come at a time of increased fragility in the region. I wish you to inform my Jamat, as I have indicated in the past, that it is of utmost importance to understand that the disturbances are not directed at the Jamat nor at the general population of Eastern Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The United States is designating Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, Nigeria, the DPRK, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as Countries of Particular Concern under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, as amended, for engaging in or tolerating “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom. asiaplustj.info »