A prominent member of Tajikistan's Pamiri community who was unlawfully deported from Russia earlier this year has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.
Tajikistan’s rights groups warn against an uptick in the harassment and intimidation of journalists after independent reporters Daler Imomali and Abdullo Gurbati were detained in mid-June in the capital Dushanbe.
A court in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, has ordered two independent bloggers to be detained for two months as they await trial on charges of cooperating with banned organizations and political parties, and the alleged beating of a police officer.
Long-range Western artillery systems could help the Ukrainian military push back Russian forces and retake control of the city of Syevyerodonetsk within days, an official in eastern Ukraine said on June 9.