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In September 2012 virtually all independent Tajik media reported the horrific death of 27-years old Hamzali Ikromzoda in detention. The press coverage included photos of the numerous injuries on the body, one clearly showing the outline of an electric iron. Many of my colleagues said the terrible sight of these pictures made their blood run cold. Hamzali’s relatives are convinced he was a ...

02.06.2021 - 17:05

19 February 2010.  Undeterred by the cold weather, a crowd of men began to gather in Isfara’s main mosquefor Friday prayers. Among those hurrying to the mosque was 30-year old Ismonboy Boboev, who had returned from Russia a week earlier to visit his parents. He was deeply religious and always made sure he prayed five times a day, whether in Moscow, where fate had taken him, or in his...

01.06.2021 - 16:56

Monitoring[1]: accession to the Optional Protocol is considered appropriate It should be noted that the monitoring of the implementation progress of the National Action Plan to implement the recommendations of the UN Committee against Torture for 2019-2022 in the interval of 2019-2020 was prepared by the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Civil Society...

01.06.2021 - 10:46

In March 2009 a court convicted 46-year old Dilshodbek Murodov of selling drugs illegally and sentenced him to six years’ imprisonment. He began to serve his long sentence. Everything, including one’s life, was strictly regimented in prison. Prison made Dilshodbek realize that you value freedom least when you are free and most once you have lost it. He awaited his release patiently. His mother...

31.05.2021 - 16:44

Monitoring[1]: prevention of domestic violence is strengthened It should be noted that the monitoring of the implementation progress of the National Action Plan to implement the recommendations of the UN Committee against Torture for 2019-2022 in the interval of 2019-2020 was prepared by the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Civil Society Coalition against...

31.05.2021 - 10:33

The young woman in a traditional scarf browses through family photos: “This is us in the main square of the capital city, this is us with our first child, here are our three children…” She pauses to collect herself, overwhelmed by memories and tears. Savriniso Gulova’s life is no longer the same. She was deprived of her bit of family happiness and is now a widow. In January 2011 her husband,...

30.05.2021 - 16:33

Dushanbe, 17 October 2011. On that day three plainclothes policemen, accompanied by the local precinct police inspector, apprehended 28-year old Bahromiddin Shodiev in the entrance to his block of flats and drove him to the Shomansur District police department in the capital. Some time later the police phoned the mother of the detained and demanded that she bring 800 somonis, money she was...

29.05.2021 - 16:24

On June 15, the Civil Society Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan invites you to a photo exhibition dedicated to the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. The photo exhibition will present the stories of actual victims of torture and their relatives, whose cases have been handled by Coalition lawyers. Through the images, the photographer tried to convey the grief...

28.05.2021 - 18:08

The news of the death of 37-old Safarali Sangov from Dushanbe in March 2011 caused a nationwide outcry. Independent media reported that Sangov died at the Karabolo National Medical Centre four days after being brought there, in a coma and with numerous injuries to the body, from the Department of Internal Affairs Nr. 1 of the capital's Sino district. The dramatic picture of the day can be...

28.05.2021 - 15:56

Monitoring[1]: CCTV cameras installed in all military units It should be noted that the monitoring of the implementation progress of the National Action Plan to implement the recommendations of the UN Committee against Torture for 2019-2022 in the interval of 2019-2020 was prepared by the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Civil Society Coalition against...

28.05.2021 - 10:24

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