Tajikistan authorities concerned about opposition participation at OSCE conference

The government of Tajikistan, aiming to conceal gross human rights violations in the country, is already concerned about the upcoming Warsaw Conference on Human Dimension of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

According to official data, on August 30, 2023, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, Sirojiddin Muhriddin, met with the Acting Head of the OSCE Program Office in Dushanbe.

As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, during the meeting, “the parties discussed issues of developing cooperation between Tajikistan and the OSCE within the framework of the three dimensions of the OSCE – the politico-military, economic-environmental, and human.”

On August 11 of this year, the government of Tajikistan, to demonstrate its “intentions to carry out reforms,” approved the “National Strategy of the Republic of Tajikistan for the Protection of Human Rights for the Period until 2038.”

The Human Rights Commissioner in Tajikistan also traveled to Warsaw, the capital of Poland, to raise the issue of improving the human rights situation at the annual Warsaw Conference on Human Dimension of the OSCE.

The Warsaw Conference on Human Dimension of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is held annually in Warsaw. Representatives of governments and civil society from more than 55 countries participate in the conference. The Warsaw Conference on Human Dimension is considered an important platform for representatives of authorities and opposition forces.