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Italian police said on April 8 that a Tajik man was arrested in Rome as he arrived from the Netherlands on suspicion of being a member of the Islamic State extremist group.
Ignotas Sungaila, the lawyer of self-exiled Tajik opposition activist Sulaimon Davlatov, told RFE/RL on April 8 that a court in Lithuania had sent his client into pretrial arrest for two months on a charge related to an alleged violation of the Baltic nation's national security.
Turkey has cancelled visa-free travel for Tajik nationals, the office of the Turkish president said on April 6, without giving any reason behind the decision.
The Tajik Foreign Ministry on April 6 rejected a statement by the director of Russia’s Security Council that Ukraine has recruited mercenaries in Tajikistan.
The mother of a Moscow terror attack suspect says her son worried that he would get caught in a Russian police raid as his resident permit neared expiration. Dalerjon Mirzoev is one of four Tajik men accused of carrying out the attack on March 22. At least 144 people were killed in the attack.
Many Tajik migrants have been denied entry to Russia or deported from the country without explanation, while others report being beaten by police as anti-migrant sentiment rises in the wake of the March 22 terrorist attack near Moscow.
Barotali Mirzoev says his son told the family two days before the Crocus City Hall attack near Moscow that he was returning home to Tajikistan. Dalerjon Mirzoev is one of four Tajik men accused of carrying out the attack on March 22 in which 144 people were killed.
Tajik authorities detained nine people this week in connection with the March 22 deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow, local media reported on March 29, citing a security source.
Faced with increasing incidents of xenophobia following the Moscow terror attack, Tajiks are canceling travel plans to Russia. The four main suspects in the attack are Tajiks and many migrants from the Central Asian nation working in Russia say they have been increasingly targeted.
A 26-year-old Tajik national was detained in Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, on a charge of justifying terrorism, the Investigative Committee said on March 28.
RFE/RL has reached out to relatives in Tajikistan and trawled the social media accounts of some of the eight men who have now been charged over the Moscow shootings, in which at least 139 people were killed at the Crocus City Hall concert venue.
The mother of a Tajik suspect allegedly involved in the deadly attack in Russia told RFE/RL the “entire family is suffering the consequences” after her son was charged. Tajik officials have rounded up family members of the suspects. RFE/RL visited their hometowns to find out more about their lives.
Tajik authorities detained relatives of four Tajik men accused of storming a Moscow-region concert hall and gunning down scores of people, questioning the relatives as the investigation into Russia's worst terrorist attack in decades widens.
Russian authorities have charged four Tajik suspects over the deadly mass shooting on March 22 at a Moscow concert hall. News of the arrests appears to have fueled a spike in xenophobic incidents targeting Tajiks and other migrants in Russia, ranging from attacks and arson to sweeping detentions.
Kyrgyzstan has called on its citizens not to travel to Russia, where Central Asian migrant workers and visitors are facing enormous pressure following last week's deadly attack near Moscow that left 139 people dead.
Russia has charged four Tajiks in connection with the deadly terrorist attack on a concert venue near Moscow on March 22 that left at least 137 people dead.
Several apparent xenophobic incidents targeting Central Asian migrants have been reported in Russia as the country observes a day of mourning for the victims of a March 22 terrorist attack on a concert hall outside of Moscow that left 133 people dead.
Tajikistan'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.
In 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.
Prosecutors 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.
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