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In Pursuit of Olympic Glory, Russia Exploiting Migrant Workers – Report

Thousands of migrant workers, many from Central Asia and the Caucasus, are toiling in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi to help stage the most expensive Olympic Games in history. Many are abused...

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Libel Suit Exposes Disgust with Tajikistan’s Judiciary

Behind closed doors, this week a Tajik court ruled in a controversial libel case. To no one’s surprise the plaintiff – the son of a high-ranking government official – won. That Tajikistan’s rich and...

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Tajikistan’s Dancing President Behind Latest YouTube Block?

It turns out the rumors are true: Emomali Rakhmon of Tajikistan can boogie. (And maybe he likes a tipple.) Videos that appeared online this week shows the Tajik strongman moving gracefully around a...

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Turkmenistan: J.Lo Shakes it for Berdymukhamedov

UPDATE: The publicist for J.Lo (or J-Low, as she's being called on Twitter) has effectively admitted not knowing how to use Google: "Had there been knowledge of human rights issues [of] any kind,...

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Was J.Lo a Chinese Bribe to Turkmenistan?

Reports about Jennifer Lopez’s weekend birthday tribute to Turkmenistan’s president have mostly focused on her apparent lack of concern for the country’s staggering human rights abuses and systemic...

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Tajikistan: Bad Days for President’s Critics

It’s been another bad week for critics of Tajikistan’s long-serving strongman, Emomali Rahmon. On July 18, police announced they had found a body appearing to be that of Salim Shamsiddinov, the missing...

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Tajikistan: Water Conference Produces Platitudes, Few Concrete Ideas

Dushanbe hosted a conference on water this week, attended by some 900 representatives from over 70 countries and organizations. Despite a heartening appearance by a delegation from Tajikistan’s...

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Tajikistan: Russian Aluminum Giant Claims $275m Victory in Swiss Tribunal

The world’s largest aluminum company says it has won $275 million in damages from Tajikistan’s largest enterprise. Moscow-based Rusal said in an emailed statement on October 16 that a Swiss tribunal...

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Tajikistan’s President Appoints Son to Lucrative Government Post

Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rakhmon has appointed his son to head the country’s Customs Service, the president’s website reported today. Many have long believed Rakhmon is grooming the 26-year-old...

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Tajikistan Gags Ex-Minister with Long Prison Term

A court in Tajikistan has sentenced a former minister and fledgling opposition leader to 26 years in prison on charges his supporters say are politically motivated. The Supreme Court found Zaid Saidov,...

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