{"id":498569,"date":"2022-02-04T12:35:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T12:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2022\/feb\/04\/we-want-the-truth-families-of-ethnic-pamiris-killed-in-tajikistan-call-for-justice-as-tensions-rise"},"modified":"2022-02-04T12:35:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T12:35:23","slug":"we-want-the-truth-families-of-ethnic-pamiris-killed-in-tajikistan-call-for-justice-as-tensions-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/02\/04\/we-want-the-truth-families-of-ethnic-pamiris-killed-in-tajikistan-call-for-justice-as-tensions-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We want the truth\u2019: families of ethnic Pamiris killed in Tajikistan call for justice as tensions rise"},"content":{"rendered":"
Urgent protection for minority groups facing increased repression needed in crisis connected to escalating clashes across central Asian ex-Soviet region, say human rights groups<\/p>
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Parents of men killed by Tajikistan forces have called on the international community to step in and urgently protect ethnic groups being targeted by the Tajik regime.<\/p>
In a rare interview, families from the Pamiri ethnic minority have demanded that soldiers who killed their sons be brought to justice and urged the UN to prevent a new phase of conflict in Tajikistan, a landlocked country in central Asia.<\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n