Tajikistan Summons Russian Ambassador Amid Reports Of Mass Beatings Of Tajik Students By Russian Police

May 25, 2023

By RFE/RL's Tajik Service 

The Technical University in the Siberian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia, where the reported beating of 100 Tajik students took place last week

The Tajik Foreign Ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador to Dushanbe, Semyon Grigoryev, over reports about mass detentions and beatings of Tajik students in Russia by law enforcement and security officers. The Tajik Foreign Ministry said in a statement on May 25 that it had expressed concern over the situation faced by Tajiks studying at Russian universities. Tajik students told RFE/RL this week that police and security officers in Russia's Far Eastern city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur raided their dormitory on May 19, severely beating some 100 of them, leaving 15 students injured, some of whom needed surgery for their injuries.

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