Tajiks vote on Monday in an election condemned by the opposition as unfair but certain to extend President Imomali Rakhmonov’s long rule by a third seven-year term. In power since 1992, Rakhmonov has been criticised by the opposition and Western observers for failing to organise a fair contest in his ex-Soviet Central Asian state. The hard-line leader, who won the last election in 1999 with 96.4 percent, has been derided for cracking down on civil rights and jailing dissidents. Full Story
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