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Case History №4: Bahromiddin Shodiev

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...

28.11.2016 - 08:38
Case Story №3: Safarali Sangov

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...

26.11.2016 - 20:33
Case History №2: Ilhom Ismanov

Each story recounted in this book resembles the previous one in some way, while also being unique.  Ilhom Ismanov's story is unique in that, after all the torment and pain he suffered he has SURVIVED. And that alone instills hope in his wife and two children, gives them strength to keep going until they are reunited. But until that happens, 3 November 2010, the date Ilhom was abducted,...

25.11.2016 - 10:24
Case History № 1: Khurshed Bobokalonov

The story of 33-year old Khurshed Bobokalonov, a gifted and promising young oncologist, is not very different from many similar stories that occur during arrest or in detention. His death was as pointless as it was tragic. It was a hot Saturday of June 27, 2009 and the country was marking the annual Day of National Reconciliation. The law enforcement officials patrolled the centre of the...

24.11.2016 - 11:50
Press release: 14 true stories of victims of torture and ill-treatment in Tajikistan

Dear friends, colleagues and partners, On the eve of the International Human Rights Day, which is annualy celebrated on 10 of December, the Civil Society Coalition against torture and impunity presents to your attention the updated book "Broken destinies, lives taken away..." [1],  which tells about the 14 true stories of victims of torture and ill-treatment in Tajikistan. The book is...

24.11.2016 - 11:08
Border service refuses to pay compensation to soldier seriously injured in hazing incident

The Border Guard Directorate at the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of Tajikistan has refused to pay compensation to Private Shahbol Mirzoyev, who was seriously injured in hazing incident.   A military court of Dushanbe Garrison ruled yesterday that the Border Guard Directorate must pay 40,600 somoni to Shahbol Mirzoyev, including 36,600 somoni for material damages and 4,...

23.11.2016 - 11:51
Border service says military doctor jailed for hazing must pay compensation to the injured soldier

Hearing over the case of Shahbol Mirzoyev, who was seriously injured in hazing incident, resumed on October 17.   Recall that Shahbol Mirzoyev suffered severe spinal injuries and became paralyzed as the result of bullying in March 2014.   The Dushanbe military court on June 19, 2014 sentenced a military doctor Usmonali Ghairatov to nine years in jail for seriously damaging...

18.10.2016 - 15:32
Representatives of border service fail to come to court for the trial over soldier Mirzoyev’s case

Representatives of the Border Guard Directorate at the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) have failed to come to court for the trial over soldier Mirzoyev’s case. Hearing over the case of Shahbol Mirzoyev, who was seriously injured in hazing incident, was supposed to take place in Dushanbe today but it was postponed as representatives of the respondent – the Border Guard Directorate...

06.10.2016 - 12:26
Hearing over the case of soldier seriously injured in hazing incident scheduled for Oct 6

Hearing over the case of Shahbol Mirzoyev, who was seriously injured in hazing incident, will take place in Dushanbe tomorrow, October 6. The hearing over the compensation to be paid to Mirzoyev will take place at the Dushanbe military court, lawyer Gulchehra Kholmatova, who represents Mirzoyev’s family, told Asia-Plus in an interview.   Recall that Shahbol Mirzoyev suffered...

05.10.2016 - 15:05
United Nations Human Rights Council considers report on human rights situation in Tajikistan

The United Nationals Human Rights Council today begins considering the Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review – Tajikistan   A source at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) sys the event will last until September 30.     Recall that the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Tajikistan was discussed at the UPR Working Group’s 25th session in Geneva on May 6...

13.09.2016 - 14:18

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