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Head of the Tajik prisons was demanded to resign for torture

According to the Radio Ozodi (the local office of “Radio Liberty”) Relatives of the prisoners, victims of torture demanded for the resignation of the Deputy Minister of Justice, Head of the Main Directorate for Punishment Implementation Izzatullo Sharipov. The letter with their demands was sent to the President Emomali Rahmon with copies to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake and...

13.03.2013 - 14:22
UAE adjourns Quvvatov extradition case hearing until April 10

The authorities of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have reportedly adjourned Umarali Quvvatov extradition case hearing until April 10. “Umarali Quvvatov extradition case hearing was adjourned on March 10 until April 10,” Nikolai Nikolayev, Umarali Quvvatov’s defense lawyer, told Asia-Plus in an interview. Meanwhile, the Tajik authorities insist on a speedy extradition of Umarali Quvvatov,...

12.03.2013 - 21:23
Russian counternarcotics agency accuses Tajik MFA of protecting drug dealer

Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN) claims that Tajik MFA sent a note to the UAE authorities with request not to extradite the drug dealer Atobek Gulmamadov to Russia. One of Russian leading TV channels reports that according to FSKN, Tajik Foreign Ministry allegedly stood up for the drug dealer that had been detained in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and extradited to Russia. In...

07.03.2013 - 17:32
Ukraine: Authorities must not return former Tajik Prime Minister to torture in Tajikistan

Amnesty International has written to the Ukrainian authorities urging them not to return former Prime Minister Abdulmalik Abdullodzhonov to Tajikistan where he would be at risk of torture and other grave human rights violations. Amnesty International is also urging the Ukrainian authorities to immediately release Abdulmalik Abdullodzhonov. Abdulmalik Abdullodzhonov was arrested in Borispol...

04.03.2013 - 23:49
Ukraine: Authorities must not return former Tajik Prime Minister to torture in Tajikistan

Amnesty International has written to the Ukrainian authorities urging them not to return former Prime Minister Abdulmalik Abdullodzhonov to Tajikistan where he would be at risk of torture and other grave human rights violations. Amnesty International is also urging the Ukrainian authorities to immediately release Abdulmalik Abdullodzhonov. Abdulmalik Abdullodzhonov was arrested in Borispol...

04.03.2013 - 23:49
Policeman charged with negligence leading to detainee’s death to serve two-year term

Abdurahmon Dodov, a former investigator with the police station in Dushanbe’s Shohmansour district, has been charged with negligence that led to the death of detainee and been sentenced to two years in a settlement-colony (the prototype for the ‘open prisons’ that exist in many Western European countries). The Shohmansour district court passed the sentence on Abdurahmon Dodov on February 12...

12.02.2013 - 19:21
The prisoners parents seek justice at the Presedential Apparatus

Parents of several prisoners, concerned about the fate of their children, gathered in front of the Presidential Palace. Parents appealed to the President of the country to conduct a fair investigation of the facts of torture against their children in detention centers. Faizali Ikromov the farther of Hamza Ikromzoda, who died in September last year in the prison#1 of Dushanbe, told the...

08.02.2013 - 13:34
Central Asian rights activists concerned over possible extradition of Abdullojonov

Central Asian rights activists who gathered in Kiev on February 6 for the forum of human rights organizations of the region “Solidarity, Cooperation, Support” have expressed their concern about the possible extradition of former Tajik Prime Minister Abdumalik Abdullojonov to Tajikistan. A statement released on February 7, in particular, says that extradition of Abdullojonov to Tajikistan, “...

08.02.2013 - 12:49
Young inmate hanged himself in the prison #1 of Dushanbe

New incident in Dushanbe colony #1 one of the prisoners committed suicide. On February 4, Azamsho Solehov relative of the 21-year-old inmate Makhmadsharif Nasriddinov informed Radio Ozodi that on February 1, 2013 Mahmadsharif was severely beaten by the prison guards  Davlatov Mamad and Sherafkan after they found a mobile phone .  According to Solehov unable to withstand the severe...

05.02.2013 - 11:49
Head of the Isfara Criminal Investigation Unit is accused of torture

Another criminal case on torture was launched in Tajikistan, while the offender continues to hold his position. Ruqia Haydarova, a resident Isfara whose son became a victim of the police officers’ actions had reported to “Asia Plus” news agency that a criminal case as launched by the Sughd regional Prosecutor Office on the article 143 Part 2 (torture) of the Criminal Code against the Head of...

28.01.2013 - 14:52

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