On September 29, Ministry of Justice registered Masud Sobirov as chairman of the Democratic Party (DPT), thus adding another page to the Tajik government’s record of marginalizing the opposition.
The story began in April 2006, when …

Presidential election in Tajikistan is a “first past the post” game where the winner gets everything. One month prior to the ballot scheduled for November 6, it is clear that the upcoming election is won …

Tajikistan is moving ahead towards what can be the country’s first genuinely free and fair presidential election. For Emomali Rakhmonov, who on September 23 was unanimously nominated by the ruling People’s Democratic Party to seek …