Tajikistan, where wearing hijab is a crime, 685 crimes have been reported first seven months of this year,and of this number 643 cases have been women wearing hijab.
Chief of the Interior Ministry’s office in Khujand, the capital of Sughd province, Colonel Emin Jalilov has said that 685 crimes have been reported in the city over the first seven months of this year.
Of this number, 643 women wearing hijab are now registered with Interior Ministry’s office in Khujand; 513 of them are residents of the city of Khujand.