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Campaign entitled "I am against torture today, tomorrow, and always!" implemented in Tajikistan

Within the framework of an EU-funded human rights project, the Civil Society Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan is implementing the campaign "I am against torture today, tomorrow, always!" on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, which is celebrated annually on 26 June. From 19 June until the end of June, the Coalition each day presents photo...

23.06.2017 - 19:14
Brother of Tajik labor migrant killed by Russian policemen to receive RR200,000 instead of RR 3 mln

Relatives of Tajik labor migrant, who was beaten to death by Russian policemen, will receive 200,000 Russian rubles (equivalent to 3,000 U.S. dollars) in moral compensation though they demanded 3 million Russian rubles as compensation.    According to information posted on the website of Russia’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture, a curt in Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsk district...

20.05.2017 - 08:33
New human rights project to be implemented with EU support in Tajikistan

The European Union is financing a new project entitled “Coordinated civil society action to monitor the implementation of international and national human rights obligations in Tajikistan” under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR). The project will be implemented by International Partnership for Human Rights (Belgium, project leader) and the Public Foundation “Nota...

29.04.2017 - 09:55
Address to persons offended during the International Education Fair

"The Civil Society Coalition Against Torture and Illegitimacy in the Republic of Tajikistan expresses its concern over the dispersal by the police of the participants of the Third Annual Exhibition of International Education dedicated to the Year of Youth in the Republic of Tajikistan initiated by “Multikid” educational agency. "Students and their parents who came to the exhibition from all...

05.04.2017 - 13:40
Border guard officer gets jail term of 9 years for extortion and abuse of power

A border guard officer has got a lengthy jail term for extortion and abuse of power.   The Dushanbe military court sentenced Yoribek Saidov, the commander of platoon at military unit 2747 of Border Troops of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS), to nine years in prison on March 28.  The sentence followed his conviction on charges of extortion (Article 250 of Tajikistan...

29.03.2017 - 11:18
Vice-premier urges recruitment officers to put end to raids on conscripts

Deputy Prime Minister, Azim Ibrohim, on March 17 held a meeting to discuss issues related to organization of the spring conscription campaign.   Speaking at the meeting, deputy prime minister urged heads of military registration and enlistment offices to put an end to the raids on conscripts, a source in the Tajik government told Asia-Plus in an interview.    Ibrohim...

18.03.2017 - 22:27
Policeman accused of sexually assaulting woman fired

A Roudaki police officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman while on duty has been fired.  However, criminal proceedings have not been instituted against him.       Last summer, a 25-year-old woman from Dushanbe, let us call her Malika, filed a complaint, saying that a Roudaki police officer sexually assaulted her at the police station.   The report was...

11.01.2017 - 14:38
History №14: Shamsiddin Zaydulloev

The 25-year old taxi driver Shamsiddin Zaydulloev was detained in April 2015 on suspicion in drug trafficking. Few days later he died at the temporary detention of the Drug Control Agency. His relatives assured that his death was caused by beatings and torture. According to the victim’s mother Tojiniso Karimova, her son worked as a taxi driver.  On 8 April 2015, approximately at 18:00,...

09.12.2016 - 09:47
Case History №13: Firdavs Rakhmatov

It was a hot morning of June. Dilorom, accompanied by her little daughter, went to the market to buy groceries for a dinner she hosted that day. They had relatives to come on and she tried to make sure that she is not missing anything from the grocery list she made in a rush. After all, hosts in the East are very generous. On the way home, she bought some medicines for the middle son, a...

08.12.2016 - 09:50
Case History №12: Shahbol Mirzoev

He is luckier than others – despite the humiliation and serious injury he received in the army, he survived. Although he is now chained to the bed and relatives are allowed to roll Shahbol just for two hours a day in a wheelchair, he's alive! Despite the disability and miserable, degrading disability benefits, he's alive! And he hopes for the best, making progress during the daily trainings,...

07.12.2016 - 11:00

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