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Senior UN official calls for free and open space for civil society in Tajikistan

Governments have a crucial role to play in the lives of their citizens, “but clearly have no monopoly of wisdom.”  Speaking at the end of a two-day visit to Tajikistan, Andrew Gilmour, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, on May 16 called for civil society space to be opened up, according to UN OHCHR’s website.   He stressed the need for human rights...

17.05.2018 - 11:45
Оnline interactive dialogue of the Government of Tajikistan at the UN Committee Against Torture

Dear colleagues and friends. We are kindly inviting you to attend an online interactive dialogue of the Government of Tajikistan at the UN Committee Against Torture on implementation of its commitments under the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhumane and Degrading Forms of Treatment and Punishment, to be held on May 4, 2018 in Dushanbe Plaza, Floor No.4 (...

17.04.2018 - 16:12
Shadow report to the Committee against Torture 2018 – Tajikistan

In 2018, the HFHR together with Right and Prosperity presented an alternative report to the Tajikistan authorities’ report on the implementation of the Convention on the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Download – EN Download – RU

16.04.2018 - 14:07
Relatives of man who died after police custody demand fresh autopsy by independent forensic experts

Relatives of man who died in Dushanbe after one-day police custody demand a fresh autopsy by forensic experts from Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defense or Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan. Abdusamad Nazarov, the brother of Abdurasoul Nazarov who died in Dushanbe on March 29 after one-day police custody, says his brother’s body was exhumed on April 7 following their demand. “But the...

09.04.2018 - 16:26
Interior ministry launches internal investigation into death of man who died after one-day police custody

The Interior Ministry has launched an internal investigation into the death of Abdurasoul Nazarov who died in Dushanbe after one-day police custody. “The Interior Ministry launched the internal investigation on April 4 to establish whether officers from Sino-2 police station are really guilty of the death of Abdurasoul Nazarov or not,” Umarjon Emomali, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry...

05.04.2018 - 16:23
Man dies in Dushanbe after one-day police custody

A man suspected of being involved in drug trafficking has died in Dushanbe after a one-day police custody. Resident of the city of Kulob, Abdurahmon Nazarov, who was temporarily living with his family in Dushanbe, was detained by officers from police station Sino-2 in Dushanbe’s Sino district on March 28 on suspicion of being involved in drug trafficking.  On March 29, police officers...

30.03.2018 - 17:18
Joint NGO submission to Committee against Torture on Tajikistan

On 27 March the NGO Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan, International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR, Belgium), Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR, Poland) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) submitted a document to the Committee against Torture (CAT) about the implementation of Tajikistan’s obligations under the United Nations Convention against...

29.03.2018 - 11:04
Trial of police officer from Dousti district: police vs medical workers

Officers from the Dousti police station claim that Tolibjon Doustov was still alive when they took him to the hospital in the Qubodiyon district.  Meanwhile, medical workers say the opposite.   The Khatlon regional court is considering criminal proceedings instituted against Mahmadullo Idiyev, an officer of the Interior Ministry’s office in the Dousti district of the Khatlon...

15.02.2018 - 12:42
Police officer stands trial for excessing powers entailing death of detainee

The Khatlon regional court is considering criminal proceedings instituted against Mahmadullo Idiyev, an officer of the Interior Ministry’s office in the Dousti district of the Khatlon province, who is charged with excessing powers.   As it had been reported earlier, the 50-year-old resident of the Shahritous district (Khatlon province) Tolibjon Doustov died on July 25 last year after...

09.02.2018 - 12:02
Case of police officer accused of excessing of powers moves to a court

The Prosecutor-General’s Office has completed the preliminary investigation into criminal proceedings instituted against Mahmadullo Idiyev, an officer of the Interior Ministry’s office in the Dousti district of the Khatlon province, and the case has moved to the Khatlon regional court.   The trial of Mahmadullo Idiyev will begin on February 6.     Recall,...

01.02.2018 - 20:54

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