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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...

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...

On 26 of June the whole world will commemorate the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1997 with a view to eradicate torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (TCIDT) and ensure the effective functioning of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. On 15 of...

Continuing reports of torture indicate that the authorities of the five Central Asian states need to do much more to end torture and impunity, although victims of torture and local and international human rights defenders have reached important milestones in their joint struggle for justice in some of these countries in recent years. Please help us mark this year’s United Nations (UN)...