Tajikistan: Human rights defender Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov must be immediately released

Nowruz celebrations for the Persian New Year this March gave no cause for rejoicing for Manuchehr Kholiqnazarov and his family, as he remains behind bars serving a 16-year-long prison sentence in retaliation for his human rights work.

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