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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
Calling for an End to Torture in Central Asia on International Anti-Torture Day

On 26 June, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Coalitions against Torture in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as well as the Association for Human Rights in Central Asia, the Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights and International Partnership for Human Rights are calling on the authorities of all five Central Asian countries to prevent torture, punish the perpetrators...

26.06.2017 - 16:36
The photo exhibition scheduled for June 28 in Vakhdat, is postponed for technical reasons to another day

Dear friends, we are informing you that the photo exhibition scheduled for June 28 in Vakhdat, dedicated to the memory of victims of torture and ill-treatment in the country, is postponed for technical reasons to another day. We will inform you about the exact date latter. The rest of the events will be held according to the plan. We apologize for any inconvenience...

25.06.2017 - 16:31
Campaign entitled "I am against torture today, tomorrow, and always!" implemented in Tajikistan

Within the framework of an EU-funded human rights project, the Civil Society Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan is implementing the campaign "I am against torture today, tomorrow, always!" on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, which is celebrated annually on 26 June. From 19 June until the end of June, the Coalition each day presents photo...

23.06.2017 - 19:14
Brother of Tajik labor migrant killed by Russian policemen to receive RR200,000 instead of RR 3 mln

Relatives of Tajik labor migrant, who was beaten to death by Russian policemen, will receive 200,000 Russian rubles (equivalent to 3,000 U.S. dollars) in moral compensation though they demanded 3 million Russian rubles as compensation.    According to information posted on the website of Russia’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture, a curt in Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsk district...

20.05.2017 - 08:33

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