The National Alliance condemned the “genocide” in GBAO

The National Alliance of Tajikistan issued a statement equating the recent events in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region with “genocide.”

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In the statement from the National Alliance of Tajikistan (NAT), published on the opposition coalition’s Facebook page on June 15, it is noted that NAT “condemns the systematic brutal reprisals of the regime of Emomali Rahmon against the people of Badakhshan, including constant oppression, moral harassment, illegal detentions, torture, lengthy unjust prison sentences, murders, extrajudicial executions, and all state terror unleashed against the people of Badakhshan.”

“We equate all these actions of the regime with genocide. Based on this, we categorically demand that the government withdraw punitive forces from GBAO as soon as possible and stop the reprisals against the people of Badakhshan,” the statement emphasizes.

The National Alliance of Tajikistan stressed that “there is no place for all these unacceptable atrocities in our already vulnerable society in terms of tolerance and acceptance; moreover, these atrocities and crimes pose a threat and strike at the spirit of national cohesion and unity. And it will be the Tajik people who will have to assess these crimes of the current regime and pay for them.”