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Why is the Human Rights Day important? Human rights and freedoms enshrined in the text of the Declaration, run through it as a red thread and remain current. This is also underlined by the Tajik human rights activists who promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms in Tajikistan in various areas. Below are their statements dedicated to International Human Rights Day......

"Torture is a serious crime. Having acceded to the United Nations Convention against Torture, the Tajik authorities have committed themselves to protect all those under their jurisdiction from torture and other ill-treatment, to reflect in the legislative framework and to ensure compliance in practice with the principles outlined in the Convention, to cooperate with the Committee against Torture...

"The biggest problem for us is the persistent lack of effective and timely investigation of torture complaints. In our view, the increase in appeals to public organizations for legal assistance is due to the fact that citizens are not always satisfied with the results of their appeals to law enforcement agencies. We have very good legislation, one of the most progressive in terms of guaranteeing...

In his speech on prosecutorial supervision as the main guarantee of citizens' rights to freedom from torture and ill-treatment, he emphasized that of the six allegations of possible torture of detainees in the first nine months of 2022, none has been confirmed. Senior Prosecutor of the Department for Supervision of Law Enforcement in the Internal Affairs and Drug Control Agencies of the...