Women Disrupt Tajik Opposition Party's Press Conference

Female protesters noisily interrupt a press conference of the Tajik Social Democratic Party to criticize its leader and heap praise on President Emomali Rahmon. Some suspect the women of being hired specially to disrupt the gathering. At least two of the women had taken part in a rally outside the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe in April protesting the release of a Tajik opposition figure detained in Ukraine. Journalists, however, quickly recognized some familiar faces in the crowd. At least two of the women had taken part in a rally outside the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe in April protesting the release of a Tajik opposition figure detained in Ukraine.