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Tajikistan: Dushanbe Ramps up Crackdown on Suspected Islamic Radicals
BY SAODAT MAHBATSHO
Despite official denials that civil war-era opposition leaders still pose a national security threat, a rash of arrests of both alleged Islamist militants and former opposition figures in Tajikistan suggests the situation is not as stable as President Imomali Rahmon’s administration would like the outside world to believe. Some experts see a connection between the arrests and parliamentary elections scheduled for early 2010.
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ALMANAC FACTS
Area: 143,001 sq km (55,213 sq mi)
Population: 7,011,556
Capital: Dushanbe 528,600
President: Imomali Sharipovich Rakhmon
Religion: Sunni Muslim 85%, Shi'a Muslim 5%, other 10%
Life Expectancy: 64.47 years
GDP per capita: $1,000
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OSI Assistance Foundation - Tajikistan
1 Firdowsi Str.
734 003 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Tel: 992 372 21-19-58; 24-22-75; 243081; 243384
Fax: 992 372 51-01-42
Email: zuhra.halimova@osi.tajik.net
Executive Director: Ms. Zuhra Halimov
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