International non-government human rights organization, Amnesty International (AI), says Buzurgmehr Yorov, a lawyer representing members of the arbitrarily banned Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRP), has been arrested on fraud charges and is at risk of torture and ill treatment. In a statement released on October 1, Ai, in particular, notes that “the timing indicates that the charges are...
Freedom from Torture
Civil Society Coalition against Torture and impunity in Tajikistan