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Two police officers charged over detainee’s death amnestied

Two former police officers charged over the death of a detainee have been amnestied. Ms. Gulchehra Kholmatova, the lawyer of the injure party, told Asia-Plus Thursday afternoon that the Dushanbe prosecutor’s office last week handed down ruling on dropping criminal proceedings instituted against former Dushanbe policemen Abdurahmon Yoqubov and Qodir Hasanov in connection with amnesty granted to...

18.10.2012 - 19:49
Wife of Sherik Karamkhudoyev seeks meeting with President Rahmon

Manizha Shahbozbekova, wife of Sherik Karamkhudoyev, has released an open letter to President Emomali Rahmon requesting a meeting with him. She wishes to discuss the situation of her husband who was detained during a special operation launched by government forces in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) on July 24. Manizha Shahbozbekova asks President Emomali...

12.10.2012 - 10:00
President takes investigation into convict’s death under his control

On Tuesday October 9 Umed Boboyev, Adviser to the President for Legal Policy, received relatives of Hamza Ikromzoda, who died in a penal colony in Dushanbe in mid-September. Dilkhoh Ikromzoda, the sister of Hamza, says Boboyev has promised to control the process of investigation into Hamza’s death. According to her, their father – Fayzali Ikromov – wrote a letter to President Emomali Rahmon...

09.10.2012 - 15:55
Tajik President Urged To Take Measures Against Torture

Amnesty International has urged Tajik President Emomali Rahmon to take measures against widespread torture and other ill-treatment in Tajikistan's pretrial detention facilities.  In a statement issued on October 5, Rahmon's 60th birthday, the London-based rights watchdog said it sought to remind people about the plight of many victims of torture, "some of whom did not survive to celebrate...

09.10.2012 - 12:18
Tajikistan: President urged to address cases of numerous victims of torture

President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon is celebrating his 60th birthday and State Language Day on 5 October and celebrations by governmental bodies and organisations are expected nationwide today. Amnesty International would like to remind people about the plight of many victims of torture – some of whom did not survive to celebrate their 30th birthday or who spend their birthdays behind bars...

05.10.2012 - 15:26
Tajik Rights Activists Demand Impartial Probe Into Convict's Death

Tajik human rights organizations have urged the government to thoroughly investigate the recent death of a convict.  Relatives of Hamza Ikromzoda, who died in a detention center in Dushanbe in mid-September, say his body carried traces of torture, including burns caused by a heated iron. Ikromzoda’s relatives on October 1 handed the Prosecutor-General’s Office a statement by eight...

02.10.2012 - 18:34
Chief of the Department for Correctional Works promises to fire head of penal colony # 1

Izzatullo Sharifov, the chief of the Department for Correctional Works at the Ministry of Justice, has promised to fire the head of penal colony YaS No 3/1 irrespective of the results of the forensic medical examination. We will recall that inmate of penal colony YaS No 3/1 – 27-year-old Hamza Ikromzoda – died in Dushanbe’s penal colony YaS No 3/1 on September 20.  Ikromzoda’s body was...

30.09.2012 - 10:15
Tajik chief prosecutor’s office promises to thoroughly investigate inmate’s death

The Prosecutor-General’s Office has promised to thoroughly investigate the death of Hamza Ikromzoda, who died in a penal colony. “We will launch a thorough investigation into the death of Hamza Ikromzoda and those guilty will be brought to justice,” Rahmatullo Kholov, a prosecutor form the Directorate for Overseeing Correctional Facilities, Prosecutor-General’s Office said on September 29...

29.09.2012 - 19:59
NGO Coalition against Torture Expresses Its Concern over Death of Hamzali Ikromov

A coalition of non-governmental organizations against torture in Tajikistan expresses its grave concern over the death of 27-year old Hamzali Ikromov, who died on September 20, 2012 in the prison of Dushanbe, where he was serving a sentence for previous offense. "According to the relatives of the deceased, the body of Ikramov has visible traces of various injuries, including severe burns in...

27.09.2012 - 16:47
Department for Correctional Works comments on inmate’s death

The Department for Correctional Works at the Ministry of Justice has commented on the death of the 27-year-old inmate Hamza Ikromzoda. Bahrom Abdulhaqov, the deputy head of the Department for Correctional Works, says Ikromzoda had been held in the penalty isolation ward of penal colony YaS No 3/1. Earlier some media sources reported that Ikromzoda had been held in the central detention...

25.09.2012 - 18:42

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