DUSHANBE (TCA) — The annual forum of the OSCE–Tajikistan Task Force took place on June 8 in Dushanbe, with high-ranking officials from the OSCE and the Tajik government as well as representatives of civil society highlighting their recent major achievements and identifying priorities for national and regional cooperation in 2017.
ALMATY (TCA) — The latest violence in Aktobe, here in Kazakhstan, is leaving the authorities and sideliners in the dark. If it was the work of a gang or terrorist group acting on the orders of either Daesh or Al-Qaeda from their remote strongholds in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan or part of a more secular conspiracy against the Kazakh state, no one seems to be able to explain.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — The United States Embassy in Dushanbe, working in conjunction with the Export Control and Related Border Security program (EXBS), has provided seven new, all-purpose, 4-wheel drive, double cab pickup trucks to the Government of Tajikistan to enhance border security operations and prevent the smuggling of weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. Embassy said on June 7.
ASTANA (TCA) — A meeting was recently held between local business people of Uralsk and the West Kazakhstan province and a French delegation headed by the Ambassador of France to Kazakhstan, Mr. Francis Etienne, the Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan reported on June 7.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s Supreme Court sentenced leaders of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) on June 2 to lengthy prison terms on charges of attempting to overthrow the government, Human Rights Watch, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, and the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia said on June 7. The sentences, including two life terms, followed an unfair trial initiated in retaliation for their peaceful political opposition and reflect the government’s pervasive manipulation of the justice system and egregious violations of the right to freedom of expression, the joint statement said.
BISHKEK (TCA) — Canada-based Centerra Gold, which is developing the Kumtor gold mine in Kyrgyzstan, has reported on more legal proceedings in Kyrgyzstan and restrictive measures imposed by Kyrgyz courts and state authorities on Centerra’s Kyrgyz subsidiaries and senior management personnel.
