Tajikistan hands down five life sentences amid Badakhshan clampdown
- Written by TCA
DUSHANBE — A well-known activist and an ex-commander were among five defendants given life sentences by the Tajik Supreme Court on November 23 amid a crackdown by authorities following unrest in the volatile Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported.
