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26 Apr 2022, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
” These include 10 that the State Department designated as CPCs in November 2021: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan—as well as five others: Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, Syria, and Vietnam. [read post]
16 Jul 2021, 10:42 am
The announcement was made in his speech at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in December 2019.Russia, Tajikistan and Belarus are now the only three countries in Europe and Central Asia which haven’t yet signed or ratified the Second Optional Protocol. [read post]
19 Feb 2020, 8:45 am by Unknown
See also related New Yorker article.UNHCR Welcomes Tajikistan's New Law Tackling Statelessness (UNHCR, Jan. 2020) [text]Related post:- Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality (26 Jan. 2020)Tagged Events & Opportunities. [read post]
22 Apr 2021, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Summarizing it findings, the Report said in part:For 2021, based on religious freedom conditions in 2020, USCIRF recommends that the State Department:• Redesignate as CPCs [Countries of Particular Concern] the following ten countries: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan;• Designate as additional CPCs the following four countries: India, Russia, Syria, and Vietnam; • Maintain on the SWL [Special Watch… [read post]
16 Aug 2013, 11:20 am by Julie McGrain
Ashurov, No. 12-2711 (Aug. 12, 2013): Defendant, a citizen of Tajikistan, entered the United States under a visitor's visa and subsequently sought to obtain an F-1 student visa that would permit him to enroll in an English language program and temporarily remain in the U.S.. [read post]
27 Apr 2017, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
 Those countries are: Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan-- all already designated by the State Department-- as well as Central African Republic, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Syria, and Vietnam. [read post]
16 Jul 2014, 1:30 pm by EEM
(Asian Development Bank, April 2014) [text]"The Macro-Costs of Forced Displacement of the Farmers in India: A Micro-Level Study," European Journal of Development Research, vol. 25, no. 5 (Dec. 2013) [full-text via ResearchGate]Nigeria: The World Bank Rubber Stamps Flawed Resettlement Action Plan for Badia East (Amnesty International, March 2014) [text via Refworld]Resettled for Development:  The Case of New Halfa Agricultural Scheme, Sudan, Current African Issues, no. 59 (Nordic… [read post]
1 May 2014, 4:35 am by Howard Friedman
Here are excerpts:[The Report] recommended that the State Department add eight more nations to its list of “countries of particular concern,” defined under law as countries where particularly severe violations of religious freedom are tolerated or perpetrated: Egypt, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Vietnam. [read post]
21 Apr 2016, 2:00 pm by EEM
Gender-Based Asylum and US Immigration Politics (LSE Review of Books Blog, Feb. 2016) [text]*Breaking Barriers: Challenges to Implementing Laws on Violence Against Women in Afghanistan and Tajikistan with Special Consideration of Displaced Women (Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, 2016) [text]"Comprehensive Development and Testing of the ASIST-GBV, a Screening Tool for Responding to Gender-based Violence among Women in Humanitarian Settings," Conflict and Health, 10:7… [read post]
3 May 2024, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
These include 12 that the State Department designated as CPCs in December 2023: Burma, China, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan—as well as five additional recommendations: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, India, Nigeria, and Vietnam.The 2024 Annual Report also recommends 11 countries for placement on the State Department’s Special Watch List (SWL) based on their governments’ perpetration or toleration of… [read post]
24 Nov 2010, 7:07 am by Jessica Van Buren
The chapan is worn in Central Asia, including Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and other surrounding countries. [read post]
30 Jun 2022, 9:51 am by David Bernstein
Note that I will occasionally get a question about whether an Ashkenazi Jew from somewhere like Tajikistan is "Asian American. [read post]
19 Dec 2007, 10:30 am
Most readers no doubt know that immigrants in the United States send monies to their native lands. [read post]
29 Jan 2023, 7:01 am by Carol R. Saivetz
Last September, as Russian forces were being pushed back in Ukraine, fighting erupted (again) between Armenia and Azerbaijan and border skirmishes occurred between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. [read post]
22 Apr 2011, 9:00 am
Religion - It has been reported recently that Tajik police authorities have initiated criminal cases against individuals whose minor children are studying in religious, Islamic schools in foreign Muslim countries. [read post]
12 Jan 2016, 6:55 am by Ruth Levush
Somewhat different approaches are described in the reports on anti-extremism legislation and law enforcement in Russia and Tajikistan. [read post]
11 Sep 2019, 9:44 am
Highest and Lowest Divorce Rates Around the World The average rate of divorce amongst all of the nations and territories studied was 4.08 divorces for every 1,000 married people: The countries and territories with the highest divorce rate are Kazakhstan (19.01), Russia (11.49), Cuba (11.03), and Puerto Rico (9.43); and The countries with the lowest divorce rate are Brazil (1.27), Tajikistan (1.21), China (1.13), Chile (.91), Peru (.46), and Sri Lanka (.45). [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 11:44 pm
 As of April 2015, the countries within these regions that retain the death penalty as a criminal punishment in law consist of the following:Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, China (PRC), China (Taiwan), India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea (DPRK), Korea (ROK), Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam,… [read post]
30 Apr 2013, 8:38 am by Howard Friedman
It also recommended that 7 other countries be newly designated as CPCs-- Egypt, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Vietnam. [read post]
27 Jun 2017, 9:15 am by Christine Corcos
This is demonstrated through three case studies which focus on Turkey, Tajikistan, Mali. [read post]