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BBC: Tajiks vote in referendum on banning religious parties

By BBC.
Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon smiles upon his arrival at Moscow's Vnukovo II airport on May 8, 2015. Rakhmon arrived in Moscow to take part in the Victory Day celebrations. (AFP PHOTO / HOST PHOTO AGENCY / ROSSIYA SEGODNYA ROSSIYA SEGODNYA / AFP)
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The people of mainly Muslim Tajikistan are voting on a ban on religion-based parties, in a poll likely to strengthen the president's power.

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