The west cannot preach democracy and free media in Tajikistan while leaving the locals who implement these principles to fend for themselves. RU
For academics, critical engagement is not only about terminating collaboration with Tajik state institutions. It is also a matter of building competent partner institutions and scholars.
If academic solidarity and forms of critical engagement with Tajikistan are going to emerge, we must first recognise the primary problem comes from the regime.
A wave of brutal crackdowns on LGBT communities in the post-Soviet space has exposed civil society’s shortcomings — and destroyed lives.
A recent call to disengage with educational institutions in this Central Asian state misses crucial points about academia under authoritarian rule.
In Tajikistan, academic freedom is severly under threat. But how should the international academic community respond?
Tajikistan is trying to persecute what was once Central Asia’s only legal Islamist party out of existence. But is this really about countering terrorism, or just cracking down on dissent in any form?
From humanitarian aid to desperate refugees, Tajikistan and Europe are more closely connected than you might think. How will international organisations react as Emomali Rahmon’s regime entrenches itself further? RU
This year marks 20 years since the signing of peace accords in Tajikistan. But the price of peace has cost the country its democratic freedoms. Русский
Even in exile, dissidents from Tajikistan live in fear for their lives. Activist Shabnam Khudoydodova shares her story.
Harassment, intimidation and anti-opposition protest – this is the face of “civil society” in Tajikistan.
In Tajikistan, veterans of the Soviet-Afghan War are fighting for recognition, but their government holds them at arm’s length.
