Roof-top Info

Roof-top Info provides information about political events in GBAO (Tajikistan) to journalists, diplomats and policy-makers worldwide.

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The Roof-top Info documentation of the crackdown on civil society in #GBAO (#Tajikistan) is updated. The appendix lists statements by international stakeholders and articles in international media, synopses of information on casualties and detentions.
https://t.co/sRt3zpKpbE

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@bellingcat has collected and georeferenced footage of 2022 events in #GBAO (#Tajikistan). Much of it has been integrated into this story map which documents the crackdown in #GBAO and provides context information on its historical background.
https://t.co/8LFHxiN8HL

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Earlier this year, protests erupted in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) of Tajikistan.

But verifying claims of violence were complicated by an internet shutdown.

Bellingcat has gathered footage of events in a database it is opening publicly.

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This story map documents the 2022 crackdown on civil society in #GBAO (#Tajikistan). It shows key events on a chronological timeline and locates them on a map. It also provides historical context information and links to texts, pictures and videos.
https://t.co/8LFHxj4bJL

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Reporters Without Borders @RSF_en criticizes the detention of four journalists in #Tajikistan "on spurious charges of links with extremist organisations". The NGO "calls for their release and condemns the use of such methods to intimidate the media".
https://t.co/BoWoZDd4ZP

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In the most recent episode of the @Majlis_Podcast, host @BrucePannier discusses the recent protests in Tajikistan's #GBAO and Uzbekistan's #Karakalpakstan and the crackdowns by the respective authorities with @Safarov1976 and other guests.
https://t.co/9xofxwb5Hz

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This @RadioiOzodi article draws attention to the inclination of Central Asian governments to blame unspecified "foreign forces" and "third parties" for protests. The handling of protests in #GBAO by the authorities of #Tajikistan is only one example.
https://t.co/14dnhdxBqc

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In this @eurasianet article, @BrucePannier analyzes parallels between recent protests in #Kazakhstan, Tajikistan's #GBAO and Uzbekistan's #Karakalpakstan and interprets them as result of government failure "to address people’s basic socio-economic needs".
https://t.co/ZlM6zFuuKV

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This @eurasianet article summarizes the promises construction projects in #GBAO made by the authorities of #Tajikistan to appease the population after the recent crackdown on civil society in the region.
https://t.co/ueAEQUw20a

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The full text of the resolution on the human rights situation in #GBAO adopted by the European Parliament @Europarl_EN is available in English and other languages of EU member states.
https://t.co/SekW8C87fj

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The European Parliament @Europarl_EN has adopted a resolution on the human rights situation in Tajikistan's #GBAO. It strongly condemns the Tajik authorities’ violent crackdown against protesters, journalists, bloggers, lawyers and activists.
https://t.co/uiK3jYRSEZ

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In preparation of a vote on a resolution, the European Parliament @Europarl_EN has debated the human rights situation in #GBAO where #Tajikistan's authorities and security agencies have been cracking down on civil society since mid-May.
https://t.co/tWpLuQFJxP

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The human rights organization Front Line Defenders @FrontLineHRD expressed grave concerns about the detention of human rights defenders, lawyers and journalists in #GBAO, addressing the cases of Ulfatkhonim Mamadshoeva and Manuchehr Kholiknazarov.
https://t.co/E60kyOIDu9

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According to Pamir Daily News, the authorities of #Tajikistan are nationalizing major businesses in #GBAO which had been owned by those killed or detained during recent purges in #Khorog.
https://t.co/ZaNgweSCN1

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@RadioiOzodi puts the recent crackdown on civil society in #GBAO and pressure on journalists and bloggers in #Tajikistan into a broader context. Its interviewees see #Tajikistan on the way to a dictatorship suppressing any form of civic initiative.
https://t.co/fTobak4lzg

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Journalist Anora Sarkorova, has informed the public that security forces are pressuring her relatives in #Tajikistan. Sarkorova is a native of #GBAO living abroad. She has played a key role in publishing information about the violent crackdown in #Vamar.
https://t.co/DLZ6DCZgF0

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According to @RadioiOzodi, internet access in #GBAO has been restored. It had been blocked since the dispersal of protests in #Khorog on May 16 and the violent crackdown on protesters in #Vamar on May 18, 2022.
https://t.co/UE5UumZClf

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After the crackdown on civil society in #GBAO and the bloodshed in #Vamar, the authorities of #Tajikistan predict a rapid development of the region and promise the implementation of infrastructure projects.
https://t.co/mZ0kvHHamx

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@RFERL has published a comprehensive analytical article about the recent crackdown on civil society in #GBAO, interpreting it as preparation of a countrywide crackdown and warning of a collapse of relations between the government and the GBAO population.
https://t.co/cpA0HPA7HI

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The @RadioiOzodi reportage about the crackdown on civil society in #GBAO is also available in English.
https://t.co/9nqTrxZZp7

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@RadioiOzodi has published a reportage about the crackdown on civil society in #GBAO. It is based, among others, on interviews with eyewitnesses of the eve and the aftermath of the violent crackdown on protesters in #Vamar on May 18.
https://t.co/1n8JXQ4O4I