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Tajikistan Authorities Arrest Parents of Citizens Abroad to Encourage Conscription
Local Tajik media has reported that several dozen parents of military-age males have been arrested in the Mogyian Community of Pankajent city. According to the publication Bomdod, since November 20th, fifteen people from the villages of Pushti Kurgan, Obi Borik, Puli Girdob, Foni Pass, Ghezan Square, Lower Ghezan, and Sor, were arrested and held in the Panjakent police station. Most of those arrested have been the fathers of young men who were then ordered to contact their sons and plea with them to return home and sign up for the military.