LGBT people in Tajikistan: beaten, raped and exploited by police
While consensual homosexual relations between (male) adults were decriminalized in Tajikistan in 1998, there are allegations that unpublished instructions task agencies of the Ministry of Internal Afairs to counteract the “spread of homosexuality”.
The report concludes with a set of recommendations to the Tajikistani authorities aimed at putting an end to the abuse of LGBT people by police and non-state actors, counteracting impunity and ensuring that civil society groups working with LGBT people can carry out their peaceful activities without undue interference.