Tajikistan: Alleged ‘Extremist’, Alleged Shia, Jail, Torture

By Mushfig Bayram

On 29 December 2019 Tajikistan arrested 36-year-old Muslim Khayriddin Dostakov at Dushanbe Airport as he returned from Russia to visit relatives. It is unclear what exactly he is thought to have done, but officials claim that he spread “extremist ideas”. Officers have questioned him about whether he has...