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Police officer faces charge of power abuse causing death of 50-year-old man

The Prosecutor-General’s Office has instituted criminal proceedings against I. Idiyev, an officer of the Interior Ministry’s office in the Dousti district of the Khatlon province under the provisions of Article 316 (3) of Tajikistan’s Penal Code – excess of powers.  Th proceedings have been instituted within the framework of the criminal proceedings instituted over the death of 50-year-old...

29.12.2017 - 11:56
Human rights - My rights!

Dear friends, partners and colleagues! On 10 December 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which enshrined the basic inalienable human rights and freedoms throughout the world, regardless of place of residence and occupation, faith and race, gender and language and other differences. Since then, the international community all over the world celebrates...

06.12.2017 - 11:01
Advocates and other activists will be encouraged for their contribution to the promotion of Human Rights

The Civil Society Coalition against Torture and impunity in Tajikistan informs that on December 8, from 3 pm to 5 pm, in the building of the "Vefa" business center (entrance from the side, opposite the center of taekwondo-do) will take place the awards ceremony of diplomas to advocates and other activists for their contribution to the promotion of human rights in the field of freedom from...

04.12.2017 - 10:41
Tajikistan should mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by ratifying the Disability Rights Convention

During the Universal Periodic Review of Tajikistan’s human rights record by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on 6 May 2016, over 20 countries from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America recommended that Tajikistan ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), a recommendation which was accepted by the Tajikistani authorities. More than 100 local, regional...

02.12.2017 - 09:30
The Monitoring Group to undergo training on standards of detention in closed institutions

Between 27 and 29 November 2017, the Coalition of Civil Society Against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Coalition’) will provide training on ‘International and national standards in the area of mental health, with a special focus on closed institutions’. The training will be held within the framework of the European Union project entitled ‘Action for...

28.11.2017 - 12:18
Psychologists in Tajikistan to undergo training on rehabilitation of torture victims

Within the EU-funded project Action for freedom from torture in Tajikistan, the Civil Society Coalition Against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan (‘the Coalition’) is conducting a training ‘Improving psychologists’ skills in psychological assessment, diagnosis and rehabilitation of torture survivors and/or members of their families’.  Purpose of the training: Increasing the capacity of...

27.10.2017 - 07:47
Oral statement on torture and ill-treatment in Central Asia

I am delivering this statement on behalf of the NGO Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia, the Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights and International Partnership for Human Rights. We acknowledge that the authorities of all Central Asian states have made some noteworthy positive steps in recent years, but a lot more...

19.09.2017 - 12:53
OSCE HDIM Statement: Torture and ill-treatment in Central Asia

The Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia (AHRCA, Uzbekistan, established by political emigres in France), the Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR, Turkmenistan, based in exile in Austria) and International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) deplore the fact that law enforcement officers in Central Asia...

19.09.2017 - 12:44
Programme Office in Dushanbe conducts capacity-building seminar on human rights guarantees for detained persons

The OSCE’s Programme Office in Dushanbe opened a three-day training seminar on the rights of persons arrested and detained by law enforcement agencies on 29 August 2017 in Dushanbe.  Some 25 justice system stakeholders, including representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan and members of Public Councils, which conduct public monitoring of police activities, will be...

31.08.2017 - 12:19
New EU-funded Human Rights Project launched in Dushanbe

Nine representatives of the human rights groups International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR, Belgium, project leader), Public Foundation“Nota Bene” (Tajikistan) and Independent Centre for Human Rights Protection (Tajikistan) met in Dushanbe to discuss the implementation of the EU-funded project “Coordinated civil society action to monitor the implementation of international and...

04.07.2017 - 17:29

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