IWPR
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
In a city where homelessness is already a problem, over 100 families in Dushanbe are being thrown out of the worker’s hostel where they live.
Hopes are being placed in two free economic zones in the north and south of Tajikistan, but the government is short of cash to put them into operation.
Economists say Tajikistan should focus more on building up manufacturing and rely less on exporting raw commodities.
Leading rights activist says decision to outlaw his organisation “entirely political”.
Closely-related couples in Syria are choosing to marry even when blood tests detect genetic conditions.