1992 Tajikistan protests

The 1992 Tajikistan protests, also known as the Tajikistani Revolution, were nonviolent, bloodless protests and demonstrations against the results of the 1991 Tajik presidential election. These results were thought to be rigged and in favour of the president Rahmon Nabiyev. Opposition rallies erupted in March 1992 but demonstrations became large-scale by May, at the onset of violence. These series of peaceful protests would lead to the bloody Tajikistani Civil War.[1]

1992 Tajikistan protests
An anti-government rally at Shakhidon sqaure, Dushanbe in May 1992
DateMarch 1992 - 8 September 1992
Location
Tajikistan
Caused by
Goals
  • Resignation of President Rahmon Nabiyev
  • Fresh elections
  • Better conditions
MethodsDemonstrations
Resulted in
Deaths and injuries
Death(s)1
Injuriesunknown

Background

Tajikistan was part of the Soviet Union as the Tajik SSR. It wasn’t struggling until the perestroika and glasnost policies was set in place by Mikhail Gorbachev, last president of the USSR, which made Tajik life struggle. Since then, Tajikistan has been arguing and complaining over the Situation. In 1990, the 1990 Dushanbe riots was taking place against Armenia and the government. Independence arrived, with Tajikistan being an independent nation. A Large-scale peaceful opposition uprising was held after the August coup, in which Moscow forces led a insurrection against Mikhail Gorbachev. These events were took place before the 1991 Tajik presidential election.[2]

Protests

Protests surrounding the election results escalated in March, with clashes but they soon subsided. Quiet Revolutionary protests and small anti-govt demonstrations took place in April, after March’s protests. Mass strikes and major demonstrations re-erupted throughout the country against the government, demanding the resignation of the government and the president, Rahmon Nabiyev. Soon, firearms was armed with pro-government militants, and soon staring to quell the crowds in town squares with the firearms and tanks, sparking more anger. Angry protesters threw stones and these peaceful street protests turned into a violent crackdown and battleground. The unrest has spiralled out of control, with others struggling to contain the anger and demands for new elections in cities so they started to clash in Khujand sparking the Tajikistani Civil War. After weeks of a new wave of mass strikes and anti-government demonstrations, the protesters captured the president and forced him to resign. [3][4]

See also

References
  1. "Tajikistan's Civil War: A Nightmare The Government Won't Let Its People Forget". rferl. 23 June 2017.
  2. "The Dynamics of the Peace Process in Tajikistan". Noria. 15 January 2018.
  3. Political Construction Sites: Nation-building in Russia and the Post-Soviet States Archived 2016-01-16 at the Wayback Machine, page 76
  4. "Tajikistan - Government". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
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