Tajikistan: 30-Year-Old Unknown Makes Presidential Run, Targets Police Abuse

(Eurasianet) -- When Tajikistan voted in a 2016 referendum to lower the age threshold for presidential candidates to 30 years, it was generally assumed that it was done to enable a run by the incumbent’s son, 32-year old Rustam Emomali, now the mayor of Dushanbe.

But if Emomali has any ambitions to become head of state, he...