COLOGNE, November 7, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- In Islamic tradition, an imam read out verses from the Koran to begin the funeral service. The service's leader then told the more than 400 people in attendance ...

A UN body concluded in May that the detention of Mahmadali Hayit by Tajikistan is arbitrary. Hayit, a deputy chairman of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), was given a life sentence ...

(Dushanbe) – Tajik authorities should promptly and thoroughly investigate the brutal beating of an opposition leader. Mahmadali Hayit, deputy head of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), ...

(Almaty) – The Tajik government should immediately and unconditionally release a seriously ill political activist who says he has been tortured, nine human rights groups said today. The prisoner, ...

PRAGUE, November 1, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- RFE/RL's Uzbek Service reports that Uzbek historian Boymirza Hayit died in his German home city of Cologne on October 31 at the age of 89. He was the author of ...

Uzbek Muslims celebrate Ramadan hayit (Eid al-Fitr), one of the highest holidays in Islam which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Aug.31/ Trend, D. Azizov / Uzbek ...

On May 21, 2020, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan signed a Resolution on Celebrating Ramadan Hayit (Eid al-Fitr). As it is noted in the resolution, the Holy month of Ramadan, which is a month ...

A group of international rights groups has called on the government of Tajikistan to immediately release a political prisoner that they say is gravely ill and has been subjected to torture. In their ...

Uzbek President Islam Karimov signed a decree on Thursday to celebrate Ramadan Hayit. "Given the proposal of the Muslim Board of Uzbekistan to have the first day of Ramadan Hayit coincide with August ...