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Activist forcibly returned from Russia to Tajikistan could face torture (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 26, 2019

Sharofiddin Gadoev has lived as a refugee in Holland since 2015; he was detained on a trip to Moscow and transported to Tajikistan where family members say he has been forced to denounce opposition figures publicly.
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