The OSCE will be monitoring the presidential elections in Tajikistan in November, 2006. The question is why. Having OSCE observers didnt work out so well for Kazakhstan, and it is basically predetermined that they will pronounce the elections to be significantly flawed in Tajikistan as well. Already there have been significant […]
The second part of this presentation was given by Anthony Bowyer, and focused exclusively on Tajikistan. For information on opinion polling for all of Central Asia, see neweurasia home.
Bowyer oversaw a public opinion poll conducted in Tajikistan by IFES prior to the February 2005 election (click here for full report). Below is […]
According to one source, the Government of Tajikistan has reversed its very unpopular decision to bulldoze the countrys only synagogue. The synagogues rabbi has promised to refurbish the site so that it better fits in with the planned Palace of the Nation.
The decision (assuming the governments new commitment to leave the synagogue alone […]
Tajikistans commitment to development seems to be paying off (setbacks in democratization notwithstanding). The International Monetary Fund has agreed to work closely with Tajikistan to strengthen macroeconomic policy, as well as provide poverty-reduction loans.
Like Kazakhstan, Tajikistan seems to be focusing very closely on improving the quality of life in the country in terms […]
According to this post, a number of Tajik educators arrived in the US for an eight-day study tour at the Center for Economic Education at Fort Hays State University. The aim of the program is to show how economic education is delivered in the US.
Mahbouba Avezova, executive director of the Foundations […]
I recently came across a site about Tajikistan and decided to share a link with you. The author of the site (Peter Flindell) is a photographer so it has some breathtaking pictures of Tajikistan. The photos are followed by short stories about the events and the context in which the pictures were taken. […]
On 8 January 2006 a fire destroyed the Chorog orphanage for intellectually disabled children in Gorki Street in Dushanbe. 13 children were killed in the blaze. The children who have survived were moved to a temporary home in a rehabilitation centre in Dushanbe.
Around the fire there have been a number of unverified rumors. […]
Neweurasia hasn’t covered it yet, but a major piece of news coming out of Tajikistan lately is the government’s decision to demolish the the country’s only synagogue to make way for a presidential palace. Pleas from the international Jewish community have still met no success in changing the government’s mind.
Democracy in Central Asia […]
Tajikistan may well establish an independent national human rights organization with the backing of the OSCE and United Nations.
The deputy head of the OSCE Center in Dushanbe, Andrei Shugurov, said a Tajik national human rights institution could become an effective mechanism to remedy “weaknesses” in the justice system.
Weaknesses like systematic and politically motivated persecution […]
