Tensions have been rising in an autonomous region of Tajikistan with several incidents of violence after protests over harassment of local people by Tajik authorities, Human Rights Watch said today.
Law enforcement authorities in Tajikistan’s volatile Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) on May 16 fired rubber bullets and tear gas against protesters calling for the resignation of political leaders in the region.
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