In 2024, residents of Khanibodom, a small town in Tajikistan’s northern Sughd province, lived under constant fear of being murdered in their own houses. A total of seven incidents took place ...

Practitioners of the occult are keeping a low profile to avoid arrest and public shaming because of a government-led campaign ...

Tajik police have stepped up raids against what they call "parasites engaged in some of the most detestable activities imaginable -- divination and witchcraft". Other countries in Central Asia are ...

Tajik police have stepped up raids against what they call “parasites engaged in some of the most detestable activities imaginable — divination and witchcraft”. Other countries in Central ...