buttress an impoverished family’s two-year fight against the apparently illegal demolition of his house by local officials.

These photographs were taken by my colleague Khurshed. I thought they would be nice to share — here is Tajikistan’s next generatioN!

Tajikistan’s government has offered rebels in the Rasht Valley an amnesty in exchange for a cease-fire, but neweurasia’s Botur doesn’t think they’ll take the offer. In his opinion, the new revolt has deeper systemic roots than most people realize.

“I cannot avoid the truth that the lies and dirty secrets of this government has undermined the prosperity of our nation,” he writes, “This new revolt is really just the logical result of the Rahmon administration’s terrible practices.”

So, officials in Tajikistan are saying that the Roghun dam will force thousands of people to abandon their homes. That’s 6,500 people from Roghun district, a little over 100 km from Dushanbe. Understably, there’s a …

One couldn’t think of two societies as different as the United States and Tajikistan, and indeed, it’s often said that the latter has lots to learn from the former. But what about the other way around? neweurasia’s Botur makes a few proposals.

neweurasia’s Botur reminisces about the differences between American and Tajik lifestyles — and the political ramifications of culture for the latter. “The reality is that we Tajiks are a very social people: we care more about what our friends and community think of us than what we think of ourselves, much less what we really want to do with our lives,” he writes. “It’s a problem… but perhaps also a strength.”

The parliamentary elections in Tajikistan, with all its ups and downs, and despite some fears of larger troubles, seem to be quickly receding into the past.  Let’s face it: it seems like our nation still …

Editor’s note: Continuing our coverage of the Roghun dam project, here’s an editorial by neweurasia’s Botur. Check out his earlier post here, as well as Tajik Voice’s posts here and here.
As previously reported, the Tajik …

The Tajik government has recently instituted fees for information requests from journalists and the general public. In this editorial, neweurasia’s Botur examines how putting a price tag on information will only serve to hurt freedom: “Information is the lifeblood of democracy”.

During one of the roundtables at the UN summit, Tajikistan’s president, Emomali Rahmon, pontificated on the importance of constructing hydropower plants. It would have been better to have simply shut up and show Radio Ozodi’s “Migrant Express” documentary, writes neweurasia’s Botur. Perhaps then Rahmon’s fellow national leaders could see what life is actually like for Tajikistan’s poor.