The former security officer, who criticized the Chairman of the State Committee for National Security, was sent to jail for a period of 7 years. Mamadsulton Mavlonazarov worked in the National Security agencies for 25 years. Prior to that, he worked in the youth newspaper “Komsomol Tochikiston” [“Member of the Komsomol of Tajikistan]. After his […]
Another civil activist from the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast was detained in Moscow. According to people close to Mamadbek Atobekov, two employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan came to his house together with a squad of local police. “Most likely, Mamadbek, like Oraz and Ramzi (the Vazirbekov brothers were illegally taken from Russia […]
Human Rights Watch, an international human rights organization, called on the Tajik authorities to stop the practice of illegal detentions and unfair trials of residents of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, where peaceful rallies were suppressed in May this year. HRW’s August 23 statement on the situation in GBAO stated: “The Tajik authorities must put an […]
In the near future, the Supreme Court of Tajikistan will recognize the “Commission 44” created by civil activists in GBAO as a “criminal community,” ACCA sources said. The authorities do not give any comments on this matter. “Commission 44” was created on November 28 last year immediately after the participants of the spontaneous rallies in […]
Over 2,300 students voluntarily dropped out of school and joined the army during the recent spring draft, Tajik Education Minister Rakhim Saidzoda said at a July 19 press conference. According to him, most of the recruits are law graduates who “decided to pass their exams ahead of schedule and pay back to their homeland.” “Many […]
The Anti-Corruption Agency of Tajikistan revealed in the first half of 2022 37 facts of appointments in state bodies on the grounds of nepotism. This was announced on July 18 at a press conference by the director of the anti-corruption agency Sulaimon Sultonzoda. According to him, most of these cases were detected in two specialized […]
On July 15, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Tajikistan announced at a press conference why journalists and bloggers Zavkibek Saidamini and Abdusattor Pirmukhammadzoda were detained. The representative of the Prosecutor General’s Office Sharif Kurbonzoda said that Zavkibek Saidamini was detained on suspicion of collaborating with the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan and the Group 24 […]
The European Parliament strongly condemned the repressions of the Tajik authorities against the civilian population during the suppression of protests in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. The resolution of the European Parliament on this issue was adopted on July 7 by an absolute majority. The European Parliament also expressed serious concern about the deteriorating human rights […]
There is no independent judiciary in Tajikistan, and much of this system still depends on the executive branch. Another example of interference by the authorities in the work of judges is the detention of Rustam Saidahmadzoda (judge of Bobojon from Gafurov district). This judge became aware after he delivered an acquittal in the case of […]
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