Tajikistan: Coronavirus taking heavy toll on remittances Transfers have fallen by at least 15 percent so far this year. Jul 22, 2020
The modern-day struggle sessions of Central Asia The apology or recantation is uploaded to social media. Often, there is a pretense of the repentance being voluntary. But that is not always the case. Jun 25, 2020
Moscow’s delayed Victory Day in photos Most foreign leaders stayed away, but Putin’s Central Asian crew is a dependable lot. Jun 24, 2020
Tajikistan intensifies and broadens war on journalists A state TV program accuses reporters of working in league with would-be extremists. Jun 24, 2020
Tajikistan: People power forces rare climbdown in Pamirs Authorities have refrained from arresting two young men after a show of defiance. Jun 20, 2020
Tajikistan: COVID-19 outbreak offers cover for fresh assault on free press It’s open season on journalists in Tajikistan and officials aren’t shy about blaming the victims. Jun 12, 2020
The mystery of Tajikistan’s “win” on COVID-19 Officials are poised to reopen the country only weeks after the crisis began. Jun 9, 2020
Chinese business briefing: Working overtime Many Chinese workers have been stuck in Central Asia during the coronavirus lockdown, forced to work overtime to meet production quotas. Niva Yau Jun 4, 2020
Tajikistan: Coronavirus panic puts sufferers of other illnesses in grave danger With supply chains disrupted, patients with chronic needs are unable to find key medicines. May 29, 2020
Tajikistan: Arrests spark fresh unrest in Pamirs Government troops are rumored to have been dispatched to quell the trouble. May 27, 2020
Tajikistan strains credibility with apparent COVID-19 turnaround Officials say 1,000 people have recovered in a two-day period. May 22, 2020
Tajikistan sees unusual protests, authorities react with force Chinese workers rallied with a demand to be allowed to travel home. May 21, 2020
Tajikistan on track to suffer region’s worst COVID-19 outbreak Total number of cases reached 907 by May 14. May 14, 2020
Tajikistan: Reporter for independent newspaper assaulted Gurbati had been a target of a smear campaign by pro-government trolls. May 11, 2020
Fighting flares again on Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan border The clash arose from rival claims to land. Ayzirek Imanaliyeva May 8, 2020
Tajikistan: Has the president’s son already taken over? President Rahmon has kept a low profile, leaving his son to take the lead. May 5, 2020
Tajikistan plunges from denial to full-blown crisis As the confirmed cases quickly mount into the hundreds, doctors complain of lack of resources. May 4, 2020
Tajikistan finally confirms its first 15 coronavirus cases Questions will be asked why this announcement came so late. Apr 30, 2020
Tajikistan admits to pneumonia crisis, but not coronavirus Officials say 136 medical workers at one hospital have been diagnosed with the respiratory illness. Apr 28, 2020
WHO role in Tajikistan’s coronavirus-free narrative under scrutiny The World Health Organization is refusing to answer questions while it appears to support the government’s increasingly dubious claims. Apr 24, 2020
Tajikistan: Four more deaths pinned on pneumonia Officials sticking to insistence it has registered no cases of coronavirus. Apr 22, 2020
Tajikistan says it has no COVID-19, attributes new death to swine flu The latest victim of something authorities insist was not COVID-19 was buried by medical personnel in protective gear. Apr 20, 2020
Coronavirus leaves Tajikistan’s labor migrants high and dry Those who made it to Russia before the scale of the crisis became evident are now stranded. Apr 20, 2020
Tajikistan: Succession process near close as president’s son named Senate chair Rustam Emomali would take over if anything happens to his father. Apr 17, 2020
Tajikistan: Court sentences journalist Daler Sharipov to 1 year in prison Prosecutors claim his treatise arguing Islam did not justify terrorism was an extremist tract. Apr 16, 2020
