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Actions and campaigns dedicated to the 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 dedicated to the International day for the protection of victims of torture. Within a month, videos dedicated to freedom from torture...

26.05.2020 - 13:34

5 May 2020, Dushanbe – The Civil Society Coalition against Torture and Impunity together with the Polish Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights has launched a new project aimed at combating torture and supporting human rights groups in Tajikistan.

05.05.2020 - 17:05

COVID 19 has plunged the world into a serious health crisis. According to the World Health Organization, COVID-19 has now been confirmed in more than 195 countries and territories around the world. The number of infected people increases every day, and the death toll is constantly rising. States are adopting far reaching and severe measures to contain the spread of this virus and to protect...

25.04.2020 - 21:32

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population of the Republic of Tajikistan has considered the request of the representatives of the Civil Society Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan, which was submitted to the Ministry on April 20. 

24.04.2020 - 21:41

On 16 April Shohmansur District Court in Dushanbe sentenced independent journalist Daler Sharipov to one year’s imprisonment for inciting religious hatred under Article 189, part 1 of the Criminal Code. The NGOs jointly issuing this statement are concerned that the 32-year old journalist, who frequently wrote about controversial issues such as human rights and religion and has criticized...

17.04.2020 - 21:26

Organizations of Tajikistan’s civil society want to participate in reviewing the country’s new tax code.  They wrote a letter to the Ministry of Finance asking to provide them a draft new tax code for information and preparation of proposals.   Civil society organizations, in particular, propose to organize a joint discussion of the daft new tax code in Dushanbe and in the...

03.04.2020 - 17:11

If you call for respect of human rights and consider the human rights and freedoms as the supreme value, you can include the hashtag #Togetherforhumanrights and #CoalitionagainsttortureinTajikistan to your posts or reposts of Coalition against torture and impunity in Tajikistan materials              

10.12.2019 - 19:59

We, the undersigned members of the NGO coalition Civic Solidarity Platform, express our concerns at recent reports of law enforcement officials using arbitrary detention and torture against lawyer Abdulaziz Abdurahmonzoda, and using intimidation against one of his defence lawyers, Chairperson of the Union of Lawyers Saidbek Nuritdinov, who is responsible for legal action related to the torture...

17.09.2019 - 14:19

From May 27 to June 26 the Civil society Coalition in Tajikistan against torture and impunity undertook a monthly campaign designed for the International Day in support of victims of torture. Over a period of one month the quotes of each civil activists – volunteers, human rights activists, arts representatives from Tajikistan had been posted on the website of the Coalition and its social...

26.06.2019 - 16:28

Ten paintings-posters which clearly illustrated what torture is and where it can occur, and most important, how to prevent it, had been presented in the hall of “Vefa Center” complex today. Demonstration of the works of an artist-activist was accompanied by video sequence and theatrical visualization “Performance” of an actress Firuza Karimova aimed against violence and torture. Civil...

26.06.2019 - 16:09

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