Exiled Tajik Activist Brutally Attacked in Lithuania
Authorities Should Ensure His Safety and Prosecute Two Assailants

March 19, 2020
This week, two men attacked and injured a Tajik activist living in exile in Lithuania, the latest in a long line of what appear to be politically-motivated attacks on critics of the Tajikistan government.
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