No Safe Haven In Europe For Central Asian Opposition

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Nov 10, 202400:51:47News & Politics

Tajik opposition activist Dilmurod Ergashev arrived in Tajikistan on November 7, after he was deported from Germany, where he had been seeking asylum since 2011. Ergashev was immediately arrested on his return by Tajik a...

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