Freedom from Torture
Civil Society Coalition against Torture and impunity in Tajikistan
Actions and campaigns
Submitted by admin on 26.06.2020 - 15:45
Actions and campaigns on the occasion of International Day for the protection of victims of torture – June 26[1]
From May 26 to June 26, 2020, the Civil Society Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan will conduct a month-long campaign on the occasion of International Day for the protection of victims of torture.
Within a month, videos focused on freedom from torture will be broadcasted on monitors in supermarkets, shopping centers, business centers, and other places throughout the city of Dushanbe.
Information materials on the implementation of the National action plan for fulfilling the recommendations of the UN Committee against torture for 2019-2022 will be posted on the Coalition's website and social media pages. There are 22 paragraphs in the National Plan, and we have prepared information reports for each of them on fulfilling the recommendations of the UN Committee against torture, which were developed and adopted by the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan in 2019.
Also, the PO Office of civil freedoms, with the assistance of the Coalition against Torture, prepared a book for the International Day for the protection of victims of torture, "the Story of 13 soldiers, or Lost dreams" (authors Jamshed Marupov and Guzal Mahkamova, literary editor - Nargis Khamrabayeva, Fazliddin Khojaev), which tells about the tragic fate of thirteen soldiers who were victims of torture and "hazing" in the Tajik army.
As part of the campaign information materials were prepared on the fight against torture and impunity in Tajikistan:
- Torture is a terrible virus, the vaccine against it is publicity. Don't be silent![2]
- Rehabilitation of survivors of torture and / or their family members.[3]
- Statement for the International day in support of victims of torture[4]
- Presentation of the book "The Story of 13 soldiers, or Lost dreams"[5]
- Official understatement, or how accessible is the data on torture on the websites of public authorities[6]
- Infographics[7]
June 4, 2020, from 11: 00 to 12: 00, on radio "Asia-Plus" in the next edition of the program "Time to know!"[8] (Fursati donistan!) there was a live broadcast with radio listeners on the topic "we help victims of torture, their relatives and people who want justice. And you can help us! ", where the audience asked their questions on the topic of freedom from torture to lawyers of organizations-members of the Coalition of Civil Society against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan: Abdurakhmon Sharipov (PO "Independent center for human rights protection") and Khushbakht Isoev (PO "Mir Prava"). The radio program was broadcasted in Dushanbe, RRS, Bokhtar, Levakand (Sarband), Kushonien, Rumi, and Vakhsh of Khatlon region - at 107.0 FM, in Khujand of Sughd region- at 104.4 FM, as well as on www.asiaplusradio.tj, www.asiaplustj.info, and AP podcasts.
What day is marked on June 26?[9]
From June 22 to June 25, within the framework of the campaign on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, members of YIG – SDG (Youth Initiative Group – Sustainable Development Goals) Tajikistan under the Public Organization, Independent Center for Human Rights Protection, a member of the Civil Society Coalition Against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan, conducted a campaign among the country’s youth to mark International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
Questions were targeted at the young audience. The main goal of the campaign was to inform the youth on what day is marked on June 26, which regulatory acts define the «torture» and prohibit the use of torture, which organizations in our country are involved in the issues of torture and ill-treatment.
As a result, 31 people took part in the campaign, who received T-shirts (31 pieces) and the participants were very interested in gaining new information for themselves.
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[1] Events on the occasion of International day of support for victims of torture were held within the framework of the project "Strengthening actions to prevent torture and support human rights organizations in Tajikistan", funded by the European Union.
