Tajkistan, Society

16:50, august 8, 2012

President to pay week-long working visit to Kulob

KULOB, August 8, 2012 Asia-Plus -- President Emomali Rahmon is expected to pay a week-log visit to Kulob from August 10 to August 17, an official source at the Kulob mayor’s office told

13:09, august 8, 2012

This year, Tajikistan marks Idi Ramazon on August 19

DUSHANBE, August 8, 2012, Asia-Plus – This year, Tajikistan will mark Idi Ramazon or Eid ul-Fitr on September 10, according to the Shuroi Ulamo (Council of Ulems, a group of scholars and

11:05, august 8, 2012

U.S. researcher offers to cooperate with Tajikistan in monitoring mountain glaciers

DUSHANBE, August 8, Asia-Plus -- Silk Road Newsline reports that according to Dr.

09:41, august 8, 2012

RSF sends letter to head of Tajik communications service agency

DUSHANBE, August 8, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without Border (RSF) is concerned over the Tajik authorities’ intention to set up a group of observers to monitor online

15:50, august 7, 2012

SMT changes its transmitting wave

DUSHANBE, August 7, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The private TV channel, Simoi Mustaqili Tojikiston or SMT (Independent TV of Tajikistan), has broadcast its programs on a new wave since August 6.

14:29, august 7, 2012

Immigrants from Tajikistan settle down in Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Oblast

DUSHANBE, August 7, 2012, Asia-Plus – Immigrants from Tajikistan are settling down in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO) in the Russian Far East.

11:41, august 7, 2012

Tajikistan to report on fulfillment of its obligations under ICERD

DUSHANBE, August 7, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The 81st session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) will take place in Geneva from August 6 to August 31.

10:18, august 7, 2012

BBC: damage caused to Khorog by military operation may exceed 10 mln somoni

DUSHANBE, August 7, 2012, Asia-Plus – The BBC reports that the commission comprising officials and public activists has noted that damage caused by the military operation to Khorog, the capital of

16:54, august 6, 2012

Sughd governor, regional mufti visit families of servicemen killed in Khorog

KHUJAND, August 6, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Qohir Rasoulzoda, chairman of Sughd province, and Hussein Mousozod, head of the office of the Council of Ulamo (a group of scholars and imams that

17:54, august 4, 2012

NGOs call on Tajik authorities to unblock Asia-Plus website

DUSHANBE, August 4, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Tajik civil society is seriously concerned over blocking Internet access to Tajikistan’s leading independent news agency Asia-Plus that deprives

16:01, august 3, 2012

Tajik media organizations demand communications service agency stop lawlessness

Tajik media organizations have criticized the communications service agency for blocking access to news websites.

17:23, august 1, 2012

Internet access to Tajikistan’s leading news agency cut off again

Asia-Plus has decided not to conduct any negotiations with the communications service agency any more.

15:09, august 1, 2012

MoH, UNICEF in Tajikistan strive for children to have the best start in life by promoting breastfeed

DUSHANBE, August 1, 2012, Asia-Plus – On Wednesday August 1, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Tajikistan and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) jointly initiated a campaign to mark the 10

10:14, august 1, 2012

Moscow sends 200 Russian language teachers to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 1, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Russia is sending 200 Russian-language teachers to Tajikistan''s northern province of Sughd, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reports.

10:11, august 1, 2012

Women wearing hijab and men with beards discriminated against in seeking employment in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 1, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The report by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor within the U.S.

16:25, july 31, 2012

New bus terminal to be built in Rumi district

QURGHON TEPPA, July 31, 2012, Asia-Plus -- A new bus terminal is expected to be built in the Rumi district, Khatlon province.

11:08, july 31, 2012

Internet access to BBC unblocked in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 31, 2012 Asia-Plus - Internet access to the British Broadcast Corporation has been unblocked in Tajikistan.

16:08, july 30, 2012

Tajik authorities reportedly block Internet access to BBC and Russian TV Channel Vesti

DUSHANBE, July 30, 2012, Asia-Plus – Internet access to leading international news sources – the BBC and Russian Service and Russian TV Channel Vesti – has been cut off in Tajikistan.

16:25, july 28, 2012

OSCE media representative asks Tajikistan to unblock YouTube

DUSHANBE, July 28, 2012, Asia-Plus – On Friday July 27, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, called on the government of Tajikistan to unblock video sharing website

15:47, july 27, 2012

Front Line Defenders launches campaign on 15 human rights defenders coinciding with Olympics

DUSHANBE, July 27, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Front Line Defenders launched an online and social media campaign on July 27 to call attention to the plight of 15 human rights defenders (HRDs) around the

10:49, july 27, 2012

The population of Rohati jamoat in Roudaki district to have access to safe drinking water

DUSHANBE, July 27, 2012, Asia-Plus -- After 2 years of TajWSS intensive work at the national and local levels has resulted in the launch of the drinking water supply system construction

17:38, july 26, 2012

Tajik official blames technical problems for lack of communications link with Khorog

Head of the communications service agency assures that communications link with Khorog and nearby districts will be restored in the near future.

15:51, july 26, 2012

Tajik authorities restrict access to YouTube

DUSHANBE, July 26, 2012, Asia-Plus – Several Internet-providers in Tajikistan have blocked access to the video-sharing website YouTube.

11:21, july 26, 2012

U.S. government celebrates graduation of first interns from pilot family medicine program

DUSHANBE, July 26, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Quality Health Care Project yesterday presented diplomas to medical interns who recently

14:33, july 25, 2012

Media organizations call on journalists to release true information about ongoing events in Khorog

DUSHANBE, July 25, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s media organizations have called n journalists to be very careful while covering ongoing events in Khorog, the administrative center of the

11:38, july 25, 2012

“Murder suspect” reportedly tortured to confess

Amnesty International (AI) reports that a 45-year-old man, who was arrested on July 13 on suspicion of the murder of President Rahmon’s brother-in-law, is now in police custody in the capital,

11:19, july 25, 2012

OSCE media freedom representative concerned by new Internet restrictions in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, July 25, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern yesterday over the blocking of news.

16:01, july 24, 2012

Tajikistan’s representatives attend international AIDS conference in Washington

DUSHANBE, July 24, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) that kicked off in Washington, D.C., on July 22 will last till July 27. Press release issued by the U.S.

14:45, july 24, 2012

Internet access to leading private Tajik news agency remains restricted

DUSHANBE, July 24, 2012, Asia-Plus - Internet access to leading private Tajik news agency, Asia-Plus, has remained restricted and an official reason for blocking access to the Asia-Plus website

13:32, july 24, 2012