USCIRF Vice Chair Nury Turkel Calls on Tajikistan to Release Shamil Khakimov

In September 2019, the Khujand City Court sentenced Khakimov to seven and a half years in prison on extremism charges.

USCIRF Releases New Report on Religious Freedom Conditions in Tajikistan

In its 2021 Annual Report, USCIRF recommended that the U.S. Department of State continue to designate Tajikistan as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for its systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations.

USCIRF Highlights Impact of Financial Restrictions on Civil Society

This factsheet explores the religious freedom implications from the use of excessive financial restrictions to harass and limit the activities of civil society organizations.