One of the founders of the Islamic Renaissance Party (banned in Tajikistan), 80-year-old Zubaydullo Rozik, who has been serving a 25-year sentence since 2016, was again placed in a punishment cell. The administration of the prison in Vakhdat punished him for violating the regime of detention in the colony and sent him to a punishment […]
Tajik journalist and blogger Daleri Imomali was detained by law enforcement officers on June 4 and taken to the so-called conversation, during which he received blows to the face and head. According to the blogger, he was kept in one of the police departments for five hours and then released on the condition that he […]
The court of Ismoili Somoni district of the capital received a lawsuit from Khasan Edgorov, who demands 400,000 somoni (about $34,000) from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan as compensation for torture by the police. In 2017, three law enforcement officers forced Khasan Edgorov, a resident of the city of Tursunzoda, to confess to […]
The international human rights organization Amnesty International on March 29 published a new report on the situation of human rights in the world “Amnesty International 2021/22: the human rights situation in the world”. The authors of the report sharply criticized the governments of many countries, including Tajikistan, due to the lack of response to the […]
After 10 years, the UN Human Rights Committee stopped consideration of an individual complaint in the case of death as a result of torture of a citizen of Tajikistan, Ismonboy Boboev. At a meeting of the Human Rights Committee in Geneva on March 21, it was said that the authorities of Tajikistan ignored the recommendations […]
The UN Human Rights Council at its 49th session in Geneva criticized the authorities of Tajikistan for ‘the ongoing practice of suppressing political dissent’ and ‘creating an atmosphere of fear and repression’ in the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region. Michelle Bachelet Jeria, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said at the 49th session on March 7 […]
A lawsuit against the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor General’s Office of the country was sent to the Somoni District Court of Dushanbe demanding compensation for moral damages in connection with the ineffective investigation into the circumstances of the death of Khurshed Bobokalonov and the failure to comply with the recommendations of the […]
A lawyer hired by the Civil Society Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan in the case of Amriddin Alovatshoev, leader of the Badakhshan youth in Moscow, forcibly returned from Russia, is denied access to his client. Relatives are concerned that Amriddin may be subjected to torture. “A lawyer hired by the Coalition, on February […]
In 2021, 24 people addressed the Civil Society Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan with a complaint about the use of torture and cruel treatment, of which 5 appeals were from women. This is reported by the Coalition in its activity report for the last year, which is posted on its website. Applicants complained […]
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