[RFE/RL] Seven residents of Tajikistan's southwestern Shahrtuz district have been put in jail for raising the Daesh flag in a public place. The men were arrested in August after they raised the banner in the center of the district's capital.The Khatlon regional court's judge, Zubaidullo Mahmudzoda, said that the seven men, three of whom are minors, had been found guilty of publicly calling to overthrow the government and illegally recruiting people to fight abroad. They were sentenced to prison terms between seven and 27 years in jail.
Tajik officials say that some 500 Tajik nationals are fighting alongside Daesh militants.