The General Prosecutor’s Office of Kazakhstan published on its website a list of citizens who died during the January riots. The list consists of 238 surnames. As noted in the supervisory authority, the list includes both innocent citizens and criminals. “We are looking into every detail. To date, the circumstances of the death have been […]
The trial of civic activist and journalist Ulfathonim Mamadshoeva and her ex-husband, an officer of the State Committee for National Security Kholbash Kholbashev, who are called by the authorities “the organizers of the May rallies in GBAO”, is nearing completion. The state prosecutor demanded a sentence of life imprisonment for Kholbashev, and 25 years for […]
The Tajik authorities should release journalists Ulfathonim Mamadshoeva and Khushruz Dzhumaev, drop all charges against them and stop the secret persecution of journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an American independent non-profit non-governmental organization based in New York, said on Thursday, August 11. The secret persecution in the Committee is understood as the investigation […]
The court of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in Khorog found Khasanali Abdurakhmonov guilty of malicious hooliganism, illegal possession of weapons, as well as membership in an organized criminal group and sentenced him to 12 years in prison. Hasanali is the second son of Tolib Ayombekov, a former commander of the GBAO self-defense detachment, later reintegrated […]
The criminal case against Sayat Adilbekuly, who was shot during the January protests and then tortured, was dropped by the prosecutor’s office in Almaty. Sayat Adilbekuly himself announced this joyful event on his Instagram page. Thanks for the freedom! I want to thank everyone who participated in my defense, who helped and supported me and […]
After the May events in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), the so-called cleansing of Khorog from “too active” members of civil society or relatives of “leaders of criminal groups” continues. On August 4, the Court of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) of Tajikistan sentenced Muzaffar Davlatmirov, a clergyman of the mahalla “Tirchid” in Khorog, to […]
On July 31, a video was posted on the Behdosht TV YouTube channel in which Oraz and Ramzi Vazirbekov stated that they had voluntarily flown from Russia to Tajikistan and that “they are ready to answer all the questions of the investigation.” Both “heroes” of the video are ethnic Pamiris and are known for their […]
On July 29, the Regional Court of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region passed a sentence against the brother of Alim Sherzamonov, an opposition figure living abroad. Muslim Sherzamonov, 56, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for “participation in a criminal group”, although relatives say that, unlike his brother, he was not interested in politics at […]
Russian human rights activist Vitaly Ponomarev began publishing a list of those who died during protests against changes to the Constitution that deprive Karakalpakstan of sovereignty. So far, there are 34 people on the list, according to official figures there are 21 of them. New information over the past weeks comes from the Karakalpak diasporas. […]
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