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Dushanbe · DushanbeThere was a lot of excitement in Dushanbe City, with the arrival of the members of the Kimberley Club who came together after months of traveling in hotels. "" We're excited, almost all of our community will come to live in Dushanbe, "" said a resident of the Kimberley Club, "we'll be traveling all over the country, staying here until it's safe to go home."See the Story
Five months in the hotel: 89 families from the three were transferred to temporary accommodations - wow! News.
Smartphones · DushanbeThis year, the Muslim holy month of Ramadan came under a tight limit on electricity supply, including in residential buildings in Dushanbe. The director of Barki Tojik ordered electricity to be supplied for 4 hours in the morning and in the evening, but in reality the order is not being implemented. What do believers do?See the Story
Ramadan in Tajikistan with the lights off: “We eat our pre-dawn meal under the lights of smartphones and candles”
Dushanbe · DushanbeTajikistan's Supreme Court has sentenced five men to life in prison in the high-profile case of the abduction and murder of one of the Central Asian nation's wealthiest bankers, Shohrat Ismatulloev.See the Story
5 Men Sentenced To Life In Case Of Murdered Tajik Banker
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Emomali Rahmon · DushanbeIn the latest example of Tajikistan's intolerance of dissent, a young man has been sentenced to five years in prison on extremism charges after he criticized local officials and President Emomali Rahmon in a social-media video, extending the clampdown to regular people.See the Story
Dissing The Tajik President Online Can Send You Straight To Jail
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Dushanbe · DushanbeWhen it comes to energy bets, Tajikistan is all-in on hydropower. Having spent much of the last decade and several billion dollars building the Roghun "megadam," the project is clearly too big to fail from the point of view of Tajikistan's leadership. But amid spiraling costs and long-standing questions about the environmental and human impacts, its critics contend that Roghun is also too big to be sustainable. Tajikistan is not alone in eying R…See the Story
Tajikistan’s Controversial Roghun Dam
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Dushanbe · DushanbeTajikistan has already poured billions of dollars into the Roghun hydropower project, which it hopes will someday double domestic energy output. But someday looks a long way from today, amid mounting costs and growing sustainability concerns.See the Story
Tajikistan Going All In On Hydropower, Doubters Be Damned
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Dushanbe · DushanbeProsecutors in the case of the abduction and murder of Tajikistan's top banker Shohrat Ismatulloev have asked the Supreme Court of the Central Asian nation to convict and sentence four of 14 defendants to life in prison.See the Story
Tajik Prosecutors Seek Life Sentence For Alleged Murderers Of Wealthy Banker
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Dushanbe · DushanbeThe U.S. ambassador to Tajikistan, Manuel Micaller, called on Tajik authorities "to support the rights of journalists and to respect their freedom of expression," stressing that "an independent press is a key element of building democracy."See the Story
U.S. Ambassador Calls On Tajik Authorities To 'Support Journalists' Rights'
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