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Last year, security forces in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan used lethal force to suppress unrest in their respective autonomous regions. Dozens of people were killed, and hundreds arrested. But experts say the biggest victim may prove to be what remains of civil society in both countries. 

The six activists from the Gorno-Badakshan Autonomous Region were detained in connection with protests in May 2022. Their trials were held behind closed doors without access to lawyers or the evidence against them.

Six civil society activists from the Gorno-Badakshan Autonomous Region in Tajikistan, detained in connection with protests in May 2022, have received lengthy prison terms after closed, unfair trials, Human Rights Watch said today.

As UN rights expert Mary Lawlor criticized “an intensifying climate of fear," Tajik courts continued to convict activists and lawyers on dubious grounds.

Tajikistan's Supreme Court has sentenced noted journalist and civil rights activist Ulfatkhonim Mamadshoeva to 21 years in prison on charges related to deadly May protests in the Gorno-Badakhshan region, which rights watchdogs have called trumped-up.

Tajikistan's Supreme Court has sentenced retired Major General Kholbash Kholbashov to life in prison for his alleged role in organizing deadly protests in the Gorno-Badakhshan region in May, a charge that human rights organizations have called "bogus."

Dozens of residents of Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakshan autonomous region (GBAO) who were detained during May 2022 protests, are facing closed, unfair trials on serious charges - often without access to lawyers or the evidence against them.

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon is expected to make a visit to GBAO in early September, though no official announcement has been made.

Dozens of residents of an autonomous region in Tajikistan detained since May 2022 protests are facing closed, unfair trials.